cozening

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"Robin Getley, is this the very truth, or art thou cozening me?"

From Master Skylark by Bennett, John

My child, my darling," continued the old woman, in a cozening tone, "I will not trouble you or injure you: I cannot think of tearing from you your dearest happiness.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Mr. Winthrop and I. You know I never get or save anything by cozening or classmating.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail