noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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We had the tar right there, just throw the old coot ill and cook him and use him for fill.
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And by the way, old coot , cough up $ 200 for our trouble.
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Taking off your clothes for an old coot like him?
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She thought Mrs Magendanz had seen the old coot staggering around the house and screaming abuse at her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A coot sat fidgeting on a bulky nest construction, flicking stems out of the way, pushing a twig into position.
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And by the way, old coot , cough up $ 200 for our trouble.
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Currently, an estimated 300 to 500 geese, ducks and coots live there.
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He was a good player but bald as a coot .
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Its surface is broken with coots, paddling away, dipping their beaks and twitching the water down their throats.
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On deeper water teal, mallard and great crested grebes bobbed and coots squawked and chased each other noisily.
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Rain sheeted down on gad wall, tufted duck, coot and mallard.
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We had the tar right there, just throw the old coot ill and cook him and use him for fill.