chouse

[ chous ]

/ tʃaʊs /

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verb (used with object), choused, chous·ing.

to swindle; cheat (often followed by of or out of).

noun

a swindle.

Archaic. a swindler.

Archaic. a dupe.

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Origin of chouse

First recorded in 1600–10; perhaps to be identified with chiaus

OTHER WORDS FROM chouse

chouser, noun

Words nearby chouse

chou, choucroute, Chou En-lai, chouette, chough, chouse, choux pastry, chow, chow chow, chowder, chowderhead

How to use chouse in a sentence

As might give me the chanst as I wants, but, by gob, it's a regular chouse.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895|Various
What was this your Contrivance, to abuse, trick, and chouse me of my Child!
The Busie Body|Susanna Centlivre
Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood|Howard Pyle
If only half what Mr Chouse said was true, it would be well worth his while at all events to inspect the country.
With Axe and Rifle|W.H.G. Kingston

Breakfast would be ready in five minutes, so Greta ran quickly, with Chouse barking at her heels.
Little Greta of Denmark|Bernadine Bailey