A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

COGS

Mon, 10 Nov '25
Minor machine parts
Fri, 11 Jul '25
Machine workers?
Mon, 24 Mar '25
Small parts of a big organization, in an idiom
Sat, 15 Jul '23
Unimportant workers, metaphorically
Thu, 23 Jun '22
Peons, metaphorically
Sun, 22 May '22
Parts of a machine
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Bits of machinery