cozening
Example Sentences
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His father traveled hundreds of miles to prisons all over the country, taking him clean clothing, cozening prison officials to allow him a few words with his son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Courtship and cozening can unfold while the players dance the maxixe.
From Time Magazine Archive
If it do but happen pat, we shall have served the King and punished two cozening faint-hearts.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
For there is no end to the deceits of the past; we protest that we know it is cozening us, and it continues to cozen us just as much.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
By this light, they're all so; they're cozening mad; they're brawling mad; they're proud mad: I just now came from a whole world of mad women, that had almost—What, is she dead?
From The Inconstant by George Farquhar
