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Courtship and cozening can unfold while the players dance the maxixe.

From Time Magazine Archive

His father traveled hundreds of miles to prisons all over the country, taking him clean clothing, cozening prison officials to allow him a few words with his son.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the man took the cup in his hands, she sung a clear sweet melody, and delighted him by dancing and cozening him with flatteries.

From Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint

I have made a scurvy bargain: art a cozening knave.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

Having left it to him, she finds that instead of rights, she has only such privileges as she has gained by petitioning, coaxing and cozening.

From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret




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