cozener

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The words used in such case are uncertain, and to be recited at the pleasure of the witch or cozener.

From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank

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 Smiles, Samuel

Sir William Keith, the Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania, whose fair promises, as we shall see, had led him on a fool's errand to London, was a free-thinker, and Sir William had proved an unprincipled cozener.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

The origin of this word is interesting: a cozener is one who, for selfish ends, claims kindred or cousinship with another, and hence a flatterer or cheat. 739-755.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William