coises

Updated: May 4, 2025

I begrudge the time it takes to look after it, and such a thing as a good shampoo is an event to be approached with trepidation and prepared for with zeal. "Coises on me beauty!" I think I'll cut that wool off. But on each occasion when I have my mind about made up I experience one of "Mr. Polly's" l'il dog moments.

Arthur Stringer - The Prairie Wife

"Next car!" sings out the Johnny Flip, slammin' the door. Now wa'n't that rubbin' it in? "Coises!" says I. "Deep coises!" and walks down eleven flights with a temperature that would have got me condemned by any boiler inspector in the business. The candy? That goes to one of the pie-faced maids where I lives. The nerve of that Izzy, though!

Sewell Ford - Torchy