slang or vulgar. [f. COVE sb.2 + -ESS.] A female ‘cove.’
1789. G. Parker, Life’s Painter, 131. He was well acquainted with the Cove and Covess.
1819. London Guide, 226. He was sweet, not to say nutty, upon the covess.
1828. Lytton, Pelham, III. 292. Ah, Bess, my covess.
