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Pronunciation : Chouse
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Turk. cha\'d4sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of ?4,000.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Choused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Chouse
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.

2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.

3. A swindler. B. Jonson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913