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cough noun- a confession UK
After COUGH - I’ve had a cough on less than this, before they [suspects] collect their wits. — Roger Busby, Garvey’s Code, 1978
- Is that a cough? — a police constable in Bristol, UK, 25 March 2002
- a piece of information or good evidence UK, 1984
Police use; from COUGH UP - money paid out US
From COUGH UP - It’s a bit of an outlay given our present cash flow [...] but the profit margin more than compensates for the cough [...] injecting much needed funds into our accounts. — Bernard Dempsey and Kevin McNally, Lock, Stock ... & Two Hundred Smoking Kalashnikovs, pp. 108–9, 2000
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