"Cozener" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... reserved. cozened: cheated, beguiled. The origin of this word is interesting: a cozener is one who, for selfish ends, claims kindred or cousinship with another, and hence a ...
— Milton's Comus • John Milton
... cried the third man. "I would I could see the man that could cozen me! He were a cozener indeed! Nay, I was not born yesterday. I can see a church when it hath a steeple on it; and for my part, gossip Arblaster, methinks there is some sense in this young man. Shall we go hear him, indeed? Say, shall we ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... cozener, with thy gipsy cant!" replied Tressilian scornfully, "and follow me to the next magistrate, or I will ...
— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott |
