cozening
Example Sentences
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Courtship and cozening can unfold while the players dance the maxixe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
They are cozening alchemy; Shipwrecks in calmest weather.
From The White Devil by Webster, John
A real expert in cozening, a master of guile, was wanted to exploit the opportunity to its limit.
From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor
But even the basest of the yokels and groundlings could not make merry over the cozening of so noble a gentleman!
From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Duer, Douglas
