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Brewer's: Cozen
To cheat. (Armoric, Couczyein; Russian, kosnodei; Arabic, gausa; Ethiopic, chasawa; our chouse.)
“I think it no sin To cozen him that would unjustly win.” Shakespeare: All's Well that Ends Well, iv.2.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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