cozener

Example Sentences

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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

Stay, cozener, thou, that hat'st clear truth like light, And usest words dark as thy own dull night.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The words used in such case are uncertain, and to be recited at the pleasure of the witch or cozener.

From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank

Losengeour: deceiver, cozener; the word had analogues in the French "losengier," and the Spanish "lisongero."

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

And such a coward, A cozener and liar—but a coward, And would have been a thief—But was a coward.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 by Various