Oxter cogging

n.

Helping a friend who has had too much drink by taking an arm each and walking them home between you.

Heard in Down and Derry

In use

He was that full we'd to oxter cog him the whole way up the street.

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Lawrence Muck

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He was so inebriated that we were obliged to support him under each arm the entire length of the street.

Questions

What does oxter cogging mean in Ireland?

Helping a friend who has had too much drink by taking an arm each and walking them home between you.

Where in Ireland do people say oxter cogging?

People say oxter cogging in Down and Derry.

How do you use oxter cogging in a sentence?

“He was that full we'd to oxter cog him the whole way up the street.”

Updated

Same phrase, other counties

  • Down (not in the dictionary)
  • Derry (not in the dictionary)

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