chouse

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

Ne'er think of that, and try the hunks to chouse.

From Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by La Fontaine, Jean de

A-settin' the law ter chouse a old man out'n money, fur gittin' mad an' sayin' ye stole his only darter.

From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

“As plain as a pike-staff,” said Bliss; “and you’re a little brick, Evson; and it’s a chouse if any one suspects Elgood any more.”

From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

He's a good fellow, Ele is," said Belch; "but he's largely interested, and he'll probably try to chouse us out of something by affecting superior influence.

From Trumps by Curtis, George William