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Language: Old English
Origin: cofa

cove

 noun
     
Related topics: Geology, Geography
cove [countable]
1SG part of the coast where the land curves round so that the sea is partly surrounded by land [↪ bay]:
The last fishing boats left the cove.
2 British English old-fashioned a man
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