Chouse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] [From Turk. chaush a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of �x9c;4,000.]
To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.
[Colloq.]
The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.
Landor.
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Chouse, n.
1.
One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.
Hudibras.
2.
A trick; sham; imposition.
Johnson.
3.
A swindler.
B. Jonson.
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