chousing — n. scoundrel, cheat, fraud v. defraud, cheat … English contemporary dictionary
chouse — I. transitive verb (choused; chousing) Etymology: perhaps from Turkish çavuş doorkeeper, messenger Date: circa 1659 cheat, trick II. transitive verb (choused; chousing) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1904 … New Collegiate Dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Choused — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trouble in Triplicate — infobox Book | name = Trouble in Triplicate title orig = translator = author = Rex Stout cover artist = Bill English country = United States language = English series = Nero Wolfe genre = Detective fiction publisher = Viking Press release date =… … Wikipedia
chouse — chouser, n. /chows/, v., choused, chousing, n. v.t. 1. to swindle; cheat (often fol. by of or out of). n. 2. a swindle. 3. Archaic. a swindler. 4. Archaic. a dupe. [1600 10; perh. to be identified with CHIAUS] * * * … Universalium
chouse — chouse1 [chous] vt. choused, chousing [< CHIAUS: after a Turk interpreter alleged to have swindled London merchants in 1609] Chiefly Brit. to cheat; swindle ☆ chouse2 [chous ] vt. [< ?] West to herd (cattle) roughly … English World dictionary
