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▪ I. ‖ cosaque|kosak|
[App. a trade application of F. Cosaque Cossack, prob. in allusion to the sudden and irregular firing of the latter.]
A cracker bon-bon.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade Prod., Cosaques, a French fancy paper for wrapping sweetmeats. 1882P. Fitzgerald Recreat. Lit. Man (1883) 91 A little cosaque, which I saw him merrily ‘exploding’ at the supper-table. 1884Daily News 6 Dec. 5/3 The manufacture of cosaques and bon-bons must be brisk this Christmas.
▪ II. cosaque
obs. f. cassock.
1698J. Crull Muscovy 79 Their upper Garments are made like Vests, or rather Cosaques, falling down to the mid-leg. |