Koozie/Coozy/Bottle Jacket, from tea cosey?

[Jonathan Lighter]

There are different senses of "coozie" in HDAS.

  Snicker.

  JL

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I was looking at the website for Rudy's BBQ (TX). Anybody have anything on =20
"koozie"? Is it regional?
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_http://rudys.com/c-6-koozies.aspx_ (http://rudys.com/c-6-koozies.aspx)=20
Can Koozie

Keep your friends cool with this Rudy's Can Koozie.=20
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cosy, cosey, cozy, a. and n.=20
A quilted covering placed over a tea-pot to retain the heat; more fully,=20
tea-cosy. A similar covering to keep an egg warm, an egg-cosy.
[Known to me about 1848. F. Hall.] =20
1863 _TYNDALL_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t2.html#tyndall) =20
Heat ix. =C2=A7342 (1870) 274 It is not unusual to preserve the heat of tea=
pots by a=20
woollen covering, but the =E2=80=98cosy=E2=80=99 must fit loosely. 1886 Da=
ily News 28 Dec.=20
7/4 Advt., Cushions, Tea Coseys, Antimacassars, etc.
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_http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3Dcoozy&defid=3D754851_=20
(http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3Dcoozy&defid=3D754851) =20
coozy (javascript:void(0)) 241 up, 173 down (javascript:void(0)) =20=
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A coozy, aka _coozie_ (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3Dcooz=
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, is an insulated holder for keeping drinks cool (typically beer or soda).=20
Usually made of neophrene, styrophome, or other types of polymers/rubbers,=20=
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coozy can typically be found in the south, often adorned by Nascar numbers,=
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funny sayings, or advertisers.=20
Glenn was a serious Nascar fan, and he even had a tattered coozy with Dale=20
Earnhardt Jr's number on it to prove it.=20
by _Giskard_ (http://www.urbandictionary.com/author.php?author=3DGiskard) J=
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12, 2004 _email it_ (javascript:void(0))=20

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KOOZY--32,600 Google hits=20
KOOZIE--253,000 Google hits=20
COOZY--26,300 Google hits=20
COOZIE--70,300 Google hits=20

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