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plural coxes
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. quotations examples
A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.
1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […]
third-person singular simple present coxes, present participle coxing, simple past and past participle coxed
(transitive, intransitive) To act as coxswain for. examples