Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of Cottager.
  • proper noun soccer Fulham Football Club

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Cottagers.

Examples

  • In contrast to the rather fluid performance in the win over Wolves at the weekend, the match against the Cottagers was a much more attritional affair.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • The Cottagers were the only side this season to have made it all the way from the first qualifying round to the group stage.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • The Cottagers are a well-organised outfit, conceding just 28 goals (which is superior to Arsenal's defensive record) and bettered only by the top three sides in the Premiership.

    Give Me Football Featured Content 2009

  • Liverpool's English rivals Fulham pulled off the result of the previous round with victory over Juventus and now face German champions VfL Wolfsburg who the 'Cottagers' manager Roy Hodgson respects enormously.

    Soccerway.com 2010

  • Liverpool's English rivals Fulham pulled off the result of the previous round with victory over Juventus and now face German champions VfL Wolfsburg who the 'Cottagers' manager Roy Hodgson respects enormously.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • Liverpool's English rivals Fulham pulled off the result of the previous round with victory over Juventus and now face German champions VfL Wolfsburg who the 'Cottagers' manager Roy Hodgson respects enormously.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • Preamble:There could be leapfroggery at the top of the Premier League tonight, although that would require Stoke pulling off an improbable victory at Manchester City and Manchester United eking out a win at Fulham, which is not quite so improbable but not a formality, either: there a handy side, the Cottagers, and certainly have the arsenal to expose United's defensive frailties, though possibly not the fortitude to shut the champions out.

    Premier League clockwatch – as it happened | Paul Doyle 2011

  • On New Year's Day, following a one-nil loss to Tottenham, the Cottagers, as they are known, were stuck in the relegation zone, with 19 points from 20 games.

    Fulham Move Fast to Land Jol Gabriele Marcotti 2011

  • In that season, they beat Fulham 3-1 at home and away and thus scored 20.7% of their goals against the Cottagers.

    Who's the most obscure person to be sent off during a match? | The Knowledge 2011

  • Yet the humorous tone soon turned mournful: Things looked rosy for the Cottagers heading into this season ...

    Los Angeles fires dig at Mohamed Al Fayed and Michael Jackson statue 2011

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.