cozen
verb (used with or without object)
to cheat, deceive, or trick.
cozener
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a word derived from
cozen.
Example Sentences
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Losengeour: deceiver, cozener; the word had analogues in the French "losengier," and the Spanish "lisongero."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Cousin, cousin, you have uncled me, and if you be not staid, you'll prove a cozener unto all who know you.
From The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown
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!"
From Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
Stay, cozener, thou, that hat'st clear truth like light, And usest words dark as thy own dull night.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
And such a coward, A cozener and liar—but a coward, And would have been a thief—But was a coward.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 by Various
