#956, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 9551 TO 9560- FOUR-LETTER-WORDS ENDING IN 'OSS'

English has nine four-letter-words ending in 'oss'.

Here are the answers to the small quiz based on the above words.

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CHOICE BOX
boss
coss
doss
foss
joss
koss
loss
moss
toss

QUIZ BOX
9551. My intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it. -- Jonas Salk.

9552. A rolling stone gathers no moss. -- Pubililius Syrus.


9553. The boss is always right. -- A Russian proverb.


9554. When at a loss how to go on, cough. -- A Greek proverb.


9555. If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: `Hold on!' -- Rudyard Kipling.


9556. The word KOSS is not in dictionary. It is more a brand name for headphones.


9557. The word coss has a Sanskrit origin 'krosam'. It is a linear unit of distance, approx. equal to 1.5 British miles.


9558. Do people burn joss sticks at the tomb of Mao Zedong?


9559. Is Buckingham Palace surrounded by a moat and foss?


9560. Have you seen the 1933 movie, "Doss House"? Its main theme: Police searching for criminals in doss houses.