cozener
Example Sentences
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Comfort a cozener? on my curse, forsake him.
From The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown
Stay, cozener, thou, that hat'st clear truth like light, And usest words dark as thy own dull night.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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 Compiled by Frank Sidgwick
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 Samuel Smiles
Losengeour: deceiver, cozener; the word had analogues in the French "losengier," and the Spanish "lisongero."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
