chouse

Example Sentences

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Obviously, the bishop is a bidone, a small-time swindler, and the camera has just watched him chouse some country chumpkins.

From Time Magazine Archive

And now, when he might have left me the mill-house he must needs marry this widow Garcia and set to work forthwith to chouse me out of my inheritance!

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

What was this your Contrivance, to abuse, trick, and chouse me of my Child!

From The Busie Body by Byrd, Jess

Smouch, smowch, v.t. to take advantage of, to chouse.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

He's a good fellow, Ele is," said Belch; "but he's largely interested, and he'll probably try to chouse us out of something by affecting superior influence.

From Trumps by Curtis, George William