The Wooster Papers

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the cosh✦︎

Also cosh, a cosh, blackjack, the weapon, small but serviceable rubber bludgeon, a thunderbolt, The instrument, a weapon

The small india-rubber cosh Thos bought in Seven Dials for Dobbs; Jeeves takes it off him and uses it on Dobbs up the tree, who takes the blow for a thunderbolt.

In each book 3 books
  • In The Mating Season
    The small india-rubber cosh Thos bought in Seven Dials for Dobbs; Jeeves takes it off him and uses it on Dobbs up the tree, who takes the blow for a thunderbolt.
  • In Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit
    Thos's small rubber cosh, which Jeeves confiscated; Bertie fetches it from London against Stilton, loses it, and Aunt Dahlia uses it on Spode.
  • In Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
    The cosh Jeeves confiscated from Bonzo, which Bertie hopes to use against Orlo; it is in London.

Connections

dealings

Scenes it is in

The Mating Season 2 scenes
  1. Stepping outside for a smoke, Bertie rejoices in Esmond's triumph until he realises he has forgotten every word of his Christopher Robin poems.Chapters 22–23, the village hall
  2. Corky drives off with the rescued Sam Goldwyn, Dobbs chases Gussie up a tree, and Jeeves lays the constable out with a cosh and leads Gussie away to remove his beard.Chapter 24, the road, as india-rubber
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 4 scenes
  1. In London Jeeves hands over the cosh at the flat, goes off to his luncheon, and Bertie lunches at the Drones and drives back.Chapter 16, Bertie's flat, as cosh
  2. Back at Brinkley, Aunt Dahlia rages that Tom has carried Spode off to look at his silver before she could work her scheme, savages the over-solicitous Percy, and leaves; Percy goes to tell Stilton Bertie is back, and Stilton arrives as Bertie grips the cosh.Chapters 16–17, the hall, as Equalizer
  3. Aunt Dahlia triumphantly tells Bertie how, finding Spode no longer owns Eulalie Sœurs, she coshed him and got her necklace back, and Bertie realises the necklace he took is Mrs. Trotter's and must go back in the safe.Chapter 18, Aunt Dahlia's den, as cosh
  4. At breakfast a beaming Stilton thanks Bertie for freeing him from Florence and leaves to go rowing with Daphne, then Mrs. Trotter reads that Robert Blenkinsop has been knighted and orders Trotter to refuse any knighthood, wrecking Aunt Dahlia's hold on him, just as Seppings brings in a pearl necklace.Chapters 20–22, the Brinkley dining-room

Talked about, but not there

The Mating Season 4 scenes
  1. Back at King's Deverill station, Bertie clouts the cheeky Thomas, then learns from Corky that Thomas plans to cosh Dobbs and that Catsmeat kept Madeline away by telling her Bertie loves her hopelessly, while Corky puts off dropping Gussie until he has done a mysterious little job for her.Chapter 18, King's Deverill station, as small but serviceable rubber bludgeon
  2. Walking back to the hall brooding on Corky's job, Bertie runs into Esmond Haddock.Chapters 18–20, the road to the hall, as a cosh
  3. Esmond calls the Kegley-Bassingtons fatheads and leads Bertie into the drawing room, where Bertie is enjoying sardine sandwiches when Silversmith announces Constable Dobbs.Chapters 25–26, the drawing room at Deverill Hall, as the serviceable rubber instrument
  4. Bertie congratulates Jeeves on squaring every loose end, then learns that Aunt Agatha has arrived, that Thos has blown the gaff, and resolves to go down and pull an Esmond Haddock on her.Chapter 27, Bertie's room at Deverill Hall, as cosh
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 3 scenes
  1. Bertie catches Jeeves just as he is driving off to London and arranges to go with him to collect the cosh Jeeves confiscated from young Thos, so as to face Stilton armed.Chapter 16, as cosh
  2. Stilton goes off to show Daphne the grounds, and Bertie naps in his room until he wakes remembering the cosh.Chapter 17, Bertie's room at Brinkley
  3. Bertie rushes back to the hall to find the cosh gone and Uncle Tom's safe standing open.Chapters 17–18, the hall, as that beneficent instrument
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen 1 scene
  1. Bertie, glum over his aunt's ruined plan, tells Jeeves about the telephone call over cocktails and confesses he is engaged.Chapters 13–14, Wee Nooke