chouse[noun]Synonyms: trick, artifice, feint, gambit, gimmick, jig, play, ploy, ruse, whizzer
[verb]Synonyms: cheat, beat, bilk, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, flimflam, gyp, overreach
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chouse noun & verb1.
[tʃaʊs] slang (now
arch. rare). Also
chiaus,
chowse.
E17.[App. var. of CHIAUS noun, after a Turk who received hospitality in England after claiming to be a messenger or ambassador of the Sultan.]A. noun.
I. 1. A cheat, a swindler.
E-M17.2. A person easily cheated, a dupe.
M17-M18.3. A trick, a swindle, a sham.
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chouse(1) II. 4. =
CHIAUS. Only in
M17.b. verb trans. Dupe, trick, swindle; defraud
of; cheat
out of.
M17. ■ chouser noun a swindler, a cheat
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chouse verb2 trans. [tʃaʊs] US colloq. Also
chowse.
E20.[Origin unkn.]Disturb, harry (esp. cattle).
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