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cozening

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A fine life thou hast of it with thy silks and thy baubles, cozening the last few shillings from the pouches of dying men.

But even the basest of the yokels and groundlings could not make merry over the cozening of so noble a gentleman!

Then he would have fled from the danger of her presence, but the eyes grew long and cozening, like a gypsy's, and held him.

Within one moment they would be round and artless like a child's, and long and cozening like a gypsy's.

As I grow to know him better, however, I find he is not cozening the public so much as imposing on himself.

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On this page you'll find 199 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cozening, such as: chicanery, trick, deception, fraud, scam, and swindle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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