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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chouse \Chouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choused}; p. pr & vb n. {Chousing}.] [From Turk. ch[=a][=u]sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of [pounds]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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chouse \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chouse v : defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit [syn: {cheat}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}]
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