It was a pleasant little party in Mrs. Haley's "cosey" or "snuggery.". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
To the child's loneliness and fear the tub looked "cosey," as he called it. From Wordnik.com. [Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories] Reference
"cosey" of felt or heavy quilting, which can be easily removed when wet or soiled. From Wordnik.com. [The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses] Reference
In this cosey state of mind we came to the verdict. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
How cheery and cosey it had looked in the lamplight!. From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
He took me to a quiet boarding-house, and there, in a cosey room, was. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
He was so comfortable and cosey and the story-book was so interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Master Sunshine] Reference
Here's hot an 'cosey like, an' time goes, an 'I could wait for breakfast, till I'm home. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
"You have made a cosey little nest for yourself, Father Letheby; may you long enjoy it.". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
Bess, when the feast was over and they had drawn their chairs together in a cosey group. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Big Front Door] Reference
Gone that quaint English alley with the cosey tobacconist's shop which he used to frequent. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
The vision of a warm, cosey house, a devoted wife awaiting him, ought to have cheered him, but it did not. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
On finding a cosey spot behind a clump of bushes, I took my supper, lay down, and fell asleep, for I was dead weary. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
The apartment was neat and cosey, for however slack she may have been with the outside of her mansion, Miss French was. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories] Reference
As we settled down in our cosey danger spots I heard Rolfie, the frog-voiced baritone, humming one of his favorite coster songs. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
Milly and I have just come from a run in the Park, and here I am this shining white morning scribbling away in my own cosey room. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
An accommodating chap who picks out cosey-corners in his hot-house for the men that brag about being such devils among the women. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
They make their nests in the fissures of the rocks, forming from grass, and feathers, and the down of the Arctic fox, a very cosey home. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls] Reference
"You see," she went on, "we are simply reviving a cosey old custom of living over the shop, which should interest you as a lover of old things.". From Wordnik.com. [The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story] Reference
Why not ask Ruth how she made those delicious rolls, and how she prepared the coffee, or how she manages to make her room look so cheerful and cosey?. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
Here are two cosey bedrooms with the air and light, and a so large closet between, besides this cunning little bath-apartment, which I know you will much prize. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
Three windows on each side the low doorway in the front look forth on the quiet scene, the lace curtains within revealing glimpses of a cosey, homelike interior. From Wordnik.com. [In and Around Berlin] Reference
Though so cheerless out-doors, with the wind whistling among the leafless trees and blowing the dust about, that sitting room was certainly very cosey and pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [A Missionary Twig] Reference
It doesn't hurt the towels and it's cosey for the toad. From Wordnik.com. [The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors] Reference
But bleak November found no admittance in Mrs. Alford's cosey parlor. From Wordnik.com. [Taken Alive] Reference
But here we close the window-shutters, and make ourselves cosey by a coal-fire. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
Still, this matter of the horses gave him a certain sense of insecurity in his cosey cell. From Wordnik.com. [Stingaree] Reference
It was exceedingly cosey, and the business was probably not so great as to overwork any one. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Egg and Other Stories] Reference
I have never seen the garden look so beautiful; and you have your own room, and this little porch is so cosey. From Wordnik.com. [Tides of Barnegat] Reference
The thrill of it accentuated the cosey homelike feeling of the cushions we nestled into as we rolled homewards. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Age] Reference
At home, in his cosey little improvised shop, there was none to dispute him, but there was none to obey him either. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of a Western Town] Reference
In this warm, cosey retreat they spend the night, their breath making its way out through the loosely packed crystals. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year] Reference
At last, however, we found a cosey little nest of a house, just built, and clean and neat as a new pin, from top to bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper] Reference
There was a mellow fire in the grate, which made the drawing-room very cosey and pleasant, as the dusk came on before dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.] Reference
Florence herself taking the head; but the other officers of the ship had a cosey messroom of their own, presided over by Frank. From Wordnik.com. [Love, the Fiddler] Reference
They were perfectly delighted with the new house and everything in it, and praised it for being so tiny and cosey and comfortable, until. From Wordnik.com. [Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida] Reference
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