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Word entry · 3 letters

cox

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"Steersman"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kɒks/Part of speech verb, nounSorted coxStarts with CEnds with X2 cluesVery common crossword word
1C2O3X

Definitions

  1. act as the coxswain, in a boat race

Word origin

The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

Used in a sentence

  • A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.
  • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
  • I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Steersman3 letters
02Boat race steerer3 letters

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