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cop-out noun A cowardly or feeble evasion. E.g. Isn't it a
cop-out to secede from New York State but remain a part of the
nation?
copper noun Brit. A policeman. E.g. And yet he was still
Lennox; the man-hunter; the thief-taker; one of that very rare
breed of men who are born coppers.
cop-shop noun A police station. E.g. The blue light above
the cop-shop door for once meant safety.
cor Brit. Expressing surprise, alarm, exasperation, etc.; often
in phr. cor blimey. E.g. Oh cor blimey, I don't understand you
people!
corker noun 1. An excellent or astonishing person or thing.
E.g. My girl's a corker. 2. Used attrib. or as adjective. Splendid,
stunning. E.g. The kids told Syd what a corkei sixer it had been.
[From earlier sense, something that closes a discussion, from the
notion of'putting a cork in it'.]
corpse verb trans. To (cause to) laugh inadvertently on
stage or to forget one's lines.
corpse-reviver noun A mixed drink, esp one intended as a
hangover cure.
cosh noun under the cosh at one's mercy helpless. E.g. As
for the Criminal Justice Act, it could be very useful to have all the
villains under the cosh, as they expressed it. It made it much easier
to get information.
dog and bone noun Brit. Rhyming slang for '(tele)phone'.
doggy Also doggie, adjective. 1. Dashing, stylish, smart.
E.g. I like your tie, it is very doggy.
doing noun 1. A scolding; a thrashing, beating-up. 1880-. b.
turner For God's sake, man! You'd get three years if you give him
a doing,' she exclaimed. 2. pl. Things needed; adjuncts; things
whose names are not known. E.g. Her skirt drawn up above her
knees she waited for him with luxurious docility 'You've got the
doings, haven't you?' 3. pl. euphemistic In phr. to do one's doings,