Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cozens; one who cheats or defrauds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cheats or defrauds.
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- noun An
imposter , aswindler .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had "a deal of candied courtesy," especially for the women; and though his sturdy manhood and the excellent opinion of himself -- both of which came to him from his ancestry -- usually preserved him from the charge of servility, he was sometimes a "cozener" whose conscience annoyed him with very few scruples.
Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel
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The man who planned the whole thing was a fool, a "cozener" of the king, and the ship, suppose it to be made, was "unfit for any other use but a dung-boat!"
Men of Invention and Industry Samuel Smiles 1858
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Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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Easier to stand outside, thinking I had wasted my money on a cozener.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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“Peace, thou vile cozener, with thy gipsy cant!” replied
Kenilworth 2004
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The words used in such case are uncertain, and to be recited at the pleasure of the witch or cozener.
The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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Those who care but for a fresh face -- tricksters in love as a cozener with dice -- are justly flouted and deceived, as oftentimes we see.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France Marie de France
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Amongst them they had "cozened the great cozener" -- to use
The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Rafael Sabatini 1912
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'I do feel myself a thief and a cozener,' she said.
Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906
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