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cöt

nounbody

Ankle; also figurative for brooding

1) the ankle, occasionally used to refer to the foot; 2) cud — used figuratively (as in the phrase “to showe bitter cöt”) to mean repeatedly dwelling on unpleasant events.

Example in use

“Mind yer cöt on da stane.”

Pronunciation

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/KUT/

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