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 Cotillon (co-til’-yon)Cotswold Barley. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cotset.
 
The lowest of bondsmen. So called from cot-seat (a cottage-dweller). These slaves were bound to work for their feudal lord. The word occurs frequently in Domesday Book.   1
 


 Cotillon (co-til’-yon)Cotswold Barley. 

 
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