Plural of cosset; pets (especially hand-reared animals) or people who are pampered; third person singular present tense of the verb cosset.
From cosset + -s (plural/verb marker). Can function as either a plural noun or a verb form.
Aristocratic families literally kept pet 'cossets'—hand-raised lambs or deer living in their homes—and the animals became status symbols showing you had wealth enough to pamper non-working creatures.
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