To fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of stockings; to pull down the part soiled into the shoes, so as to give a dirty pair of stockings the appearance of clean ones. Coaxing is also used, instead of darning, to hide the holes about the ancles.
·noun A simpleton; a dupe. II. Coax ·vt To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or...
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