ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cottery

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈkɒtəɹi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Cottery is an adjective meaning (dialect, rare) Tangled (of hair).

Meaning

(dialect, rare) Tangled (of hair).

Example Sentences

Prior had looked across the heaving backs and seen a boy, about his own age, standing pressed back against the wall, his white, still face half hidden by a mass of cottery black hair.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coctile, cobbed, coarsy, crocketed, crocketted, cooty.

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