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Chouse   Listen
noun
Chouse  n.  
1.
One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.
2.
A trick; sham; imposition.
3.
A swindler.


verb
Chouse  v. t.  (past & past part. choused; pres. part. chousing)  To cheat, trick, defraud; followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. (Colloq.) "The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness."





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"Chouse" Quotes from Famous Books



... get der measels und der mumbs, Und eferyding dot's oudt; He sbills mine glass of lager-bier, Foots schnuff indo mine kraut; He fills mine pipe mit Limburg cheese— Dot vas der roughest chouse; I'd dake dot vrom no oder poy But ...
— Successful Recitations • Various
... and locking it into a cupboard while Toft replaced the broken glass. This done, under her unflagging supervision, the model was replaced; fourpence changed hands, and the glazier went his way, saying, as he made his exit:—"That was a chouse, mistress." ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan


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