Also 6–7 coze, couze, 6–8 cuz, 7 cooze, cuzze, cuze. An abbreviation of COUSIN (cozen), used in fond or familiar address, both to relatives and in the wider sense. So coz-german.

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1559.  Baldwin, in Mirr. Mag. (1563), M iij b. I drynk to you good Cuz ech traytor sayes.

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1592.  Shaks., Rom. & Jul., I. v. 67. Content thee gentle Coz. Ibid. (1596), 1 Hen. IV., III. i. 78. And deare Couze, to you The remnant Northward, lying off from Trent.

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1600.  Dekker, Gentle Craft, 12. Coze, for those words heres thirtie Portugues.

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1609.  Heywood, Brit. Troy, XII. xcviii. Then guard thee Cooze my Javelin now must fly.

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1672.  Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.), Rehearsal, IV. i. I’ll follow you, dear Couz.

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1708.  Brit. Apollo, No. 4, 3/1. Search not the Cause in Wings or Head, dear Cuz.

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1712.  Steele, Spect., No. 533, ¶ 1. Your very humble servant, dear coz.

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1794.  J. Williams (A. Pasquin), Crying Epist., 16. Coz-german to the best of Kings.

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1849.  Miss Mulock, Ogilvies, xliii. Good-bye, fair coz.

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