chouse
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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a swindle.
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Archaic. a swindler.
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Archaic. a dupe.
Other Word Forms
- chouser noun
Etymology
Origin of chouse
First recorded in 1600–10; perhaps to be identified with chiaus
Example Sentences
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Obviously, the bishop is a bidone, a small-time swindler, and the camera has just watched him chouse some country chumpkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around an ancient pedigree There is a halo fair to see, With "unwrung withers" we afford Our salutation to milord, As due unto his ancient house, Albeit his lordship be a chouse.
From Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) by Gay, John
Don’t say it was a dirty trick—say it was a beastly chouse, or something of that sort.
From We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
G. Text has "et ce est mout sçue chouse"; Pauthier's Text, "mais il est moult celé" The latter seems absurd.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
But Luff contrived a novel mode His creditors to chouse; For his own execution he Put into his own house!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas
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