cozener
Example Sentences
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Therefore, follow my example; abandon the fair cozener utterly, and thy peace of mind will no longer he disturbed by her.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
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
Sir William Keith, the Colonial Governor of Pennsylvania, whose fair promises, as we shall see, had led him on a fool's errand to London, was a free-thinker, and Sir William had proved an unprincipled cozener.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Cousin, cousin, you have uncled me, and if you be not staid, you'll prove a cozener unto all who know you.
From The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown
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
