chousen.

/tʃaʊs/

Forms: Also 1600s chiaus(e, chews, showse, 1600s–1700s chowse.

Etymology: Generally taken to be the same word as chiaus n., chaus (so spelt about 1600), a Turkish official messenger; but the connection of meaning is not made out. As to the origin of the English use, Gifford (1814) in a note on the quot. from Ben Jonson says, ‘In 1609, Sir Robt. Shirley sent a messenger or chiaus to this country as his agent from the Grand Signior and the Sophy to transact some preparatory business.’ The latter ‘chiaused the Turkish and Persian merchants of £4,000’ and decamped. But no trace of this incident has yet been found outside of Gifford's note; it was unknown to Peter Whalley, a previous editor of Ben Jonson 1756; also to Skinner, Henshaw, Dr. Johnson, Todd, and others who discussed the history of the word. Yet most of these recognized the likeness of chouse to the Turkish word, which Henshaw even proposed as the etymon, on the ground that the Turkish chiaus ‘is little better than a fool’. Gifford's note must therefore be taken with reserve.

†1. = chiaus n., choush n. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger

erendrakec825

bodec888

apostlec950

sand1038

sandesman1123

sanderbodec1200

bearer?c1225

errand-bearer?c1225

messenger?c1225

erindeberea1250

sand-manc1275

beadsman1377

herald1377

messagea1382

runnera1382

sendmana1400

interpreter1490

nuntius1534

post1535

pursuivant?1536

nuncius1573

nuncio1587

carrier1594

nunciate1596

mercury1597

chiaus1599

foreranger1612

postera1614

irisa1616

missivea1616

chouse1632

angela1637

caduceator1684

purpose messenger1702

errand-bringer1720

harkara1747

commissionaire1749

carrier pigeon1785

errander1803

errand-porter1818

tchaush1819

card carrier1845

errand-goer1864

choush1866

ghulam1882

society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Turkish

subashi1589

chiaus1599

chouse1632

tchaush1819

choush1866

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 138 Accompanied with..Bashawes, Chowses, and Hagars.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 202 The Showse stroke off his head.

1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D3^v Gulls or Mogulls, Tag, rag, or other, Hoger-Mogen vanden Skip-Iacks, or Chouses.

†2. A cheat, a swindler.This is probably the meaning in Ben Jonson; it is certainly so in quot. 1658: possibly the verb arose out of this sense, and sense 3 in turn out of the verb.

ΘΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 Dap.:..What doe you thinke of me, That I am a Chiause? Fac.: What's that? Dap.: The Turke was, here. As one would say, Doe you think I am a Turke?

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 Come, noble Doctor, 'pray thee let's preuaile, This is the Gentleman, and he is no Chiause .

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 One that will thanke you, richly, and h' is no Chiause . ]

1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xxv. 91 Told our Nephews, that you were not a Chouse, since you go roundly to Worke. [Fr. que vous n'estiez point fourbe.]

†3. One easily cheated, a dupe, gull, tool. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe

foola1382

woodcockc1430

geckc1530

cousinc1555

cokes1567

milch cow1582

gudgeon1584

coney1591

martin1591

gull1594

plover1599

rook1600

gull-finch1604

cheatee1615

goata1616

whirligig1624

chouse1649

coll1657

cully1664

bubble1668

lamb1668

Simple Simon?1673

mouth1680

dupe1681

cull1698

bub1699

game1699

muggins1705

colour1707

milk cow1727

flat1762

gulpin1802

slob1810

gaggee1819

sucker1838

hoaxee1840

softie1850

foozle1860

lemon1863

juggins1882

yob1886

patsy1889

yapc1894

fall guy1895

fruit1895

meemaw1895

easy mark1896

lobster1896

mark1896

wise guy1896

come-on1897

pushover1907

John1908

schnookle1908

Gretchen1913

jug1914

schnook1920

soft touch1924

prospect1931

steamer1932

punter1934

dill1941

Joe Soap1943

possum1945

Moreton Bay1953

easy touch1959

1649 Duke of Newcastle Varietie Dramatis Personae in Country Captaine Dramatis Personae..Simpleton, a Country Chiause.

1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ A Chowse, quod stultum notat.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 225 Syllier then a sottish Chews, Who when a thief has Rob'd his house; Apply's himself to Cunning-men To help him to his goods agen.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 279 [A cheat] can do no feats without the co-operating assistance of the Chowse whose Credulity commonly meets the Imposter half-way.

1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 82 At no less Price than his Ruin..he buys the knowledge of finding himself a Chouse.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. A chouse, a bubble: a tool: a man fit to be cheated.

4. slang. [ < chouse v.¹] A trick, swindle, sham, ‘sell’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of

lurch1533

fool-finder1685

chouse1708

swindle1778

swindling1814

do1821

shave1834

steal1872

fiddle1874

diddle1885

ramp1888

tweedle1890

take-down1892

window dressing1892

gyp1898

bobol1907

flanker1923

hype1926

have-on1931

chizz1953

scam1963

rip-off1968

rip1971

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Chowse, a Cheat, Trick, or Sham.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Chouse, a trick or sham.

1888 Mrs. Parr in Longman's Mag. Apr. 639 I say, what a chouse for Adda!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

chousev.¹

/tʃaʊs/

Forms: 1600s chiause, chiauze, chews, 1600s– chowse, chouse.

Etymology: < chouse n.

colloquial.

transitive. To dupe, cheat, trick; to swindle or defraud of or out of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something

beguile1394

wrongc1484

delude1493

licka1500

to wipe a person's nose1577

uncle1585

cheat1597

cozen1602

to bob of1605

to bob out of1605

gull1612

foola1616

to set in the nick1616

to worm (a person) out of1617

shuffle1627

to baffle out of1652

chouse1654

trepan1662

bubble1668

trick1698

to bamboozle out of1705

fling1749

jockey1772

swindle1780

twiddle1825

to diddle out of1829

nig1829

to chisel out of1848

to beat out1851

nobble1852

duff1863

flim-flam1890

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xviii. 261 But our Barber..is chiauz'd, a very Pigeon..and is caughd like a young Jack Daw.

a1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon ii. iii We are In a fair way to be ridiculous..Chiaus'd by a scholar!

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 203 He stole your Cloke, and pick'd your pocket, Chews'd, and Caldes'd ye like a Block-head.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 16 You shall chouse him of horses, cloathes and Money.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 36 To chouse a very civil..Gentleman out of an Hundred Pound.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 201 Bristol stones won't buy stock: only wants to chouse you.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. vii. 173 Not to be..choused out of my lump of loyalty.

1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cliii Had Fortune pleased posterity to chowse.

1886 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 33 496 Is it to be said that they are to be choused of their remedy?

Derivatives

choused adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauded

choused1682

cheated1709

trepanned1824

ripped1971

short-changed1976

1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 104 Yet [he] gave worse Reasons for so doing, Than e're chous'd Cully did for wooing.

chousing n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 562 Mingled with evil, fraud, and chousing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

chousev.²

/tʃaʊs/

Forms: Also chowse.

Etymology: origin unknown.

U.S.

transitive. To disturb or harry (cattle).

ΚΠ

1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 313 The round-up boss would let no one ride through the herd and ‘chouse’, or unnecessarily disturb them.

1930 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children 116 While they were ‘chousing’ a bunch of outlaw cattle.

1948 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 10 July 84/1 When you chowse 'em around they lose weight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

n.1632

v.¹1654

v.²1920

单词	chouse
释义	chousen. /tʃaʊs/ Forms: Also 1600s chiaus(e, chews, showse, 1600s–1700s chowse. Etymology: Generally taken to be the same word as chiaus n., chaus (so spelt about 1600), a Turkish official messenger; but the connection of meaning is not made out. As to the origin of the English use, Gifford (1814) in a note on the quot. from Ben Jonson says, ‘In 1609, Sir Robt. Shirley sent a messenger or chiaus to this country as his agent from the Grand Signior and the Sophy to transact some preparatory business.’ The latter ‘chiaused the Turkish and Persian merchants of £4,000’ and decamped. But no trace of this incident has yet been found outside of Gifford's note; it was unknown to Peter Whalley, a previous editor of Ben Jonson 1756; also to Skinner, Henshaw, Dr. Johnson, Todd, and others who discussed the history of the word. Yet most of these recognized the likeness of chouse to the Turkish word, which Henshaw even proposed as the etymon, on the ground that the Turkish chiaus ‘is little better than a fool’. Gifford's note must therefore be taken with reserve. †1. = chiaus n., choush n. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger erendrakec825 bodec888 apostlec950 sand1038 sandesman1123 sanderbodec1200 bearer?c1225 errand-bearer?c1225 messenger?c1225 erindeberea1250 sand-manc1275 beadsman1377 herald1377 messagea1382 runnera1382 sendmana1400 interpreter1490 nuntius1534 post1535 pursuivant?1536 nuncius1573 nuncio1587 carrier1594 nunciate1596 mercury1597 chiaus1599 foreranger1612 postera1614 irisa1616 missivea1616 chouse1632 angela1637 caduceator1684 purpose messenger1702 errand-bringer1720 harkara1747 commissionaire1749 carrier pigeon1785 errander1803 errand-porter1818 tchaush1819 card carrier1845 errand-goer1864 choush1866 ghulam1882 society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Turkish subashi1589 chiaus1599 chouse1632 tchaush1819 choush1866 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 138 Accompanied with..Bashawes, Chowses, and Hagars. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 202 The Showse stroke off his head. 1639 J. Ford Ladies Triall ii. sig. D3^v Gulls or Mogulls, Tag, rag, or other, Hoger-Mogen vanden Skip-Iacks, or Chouses. †2. A cheat, a swindler.This is probably the meaning in Ben Jonson; it is certainly so in quot. 1658: possibly the verb arose out of this sense, and sense 3 in turn out of the verb. ΘΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 Dap.:..What doe you thinke of me, That I am a Chiause? Fac.: What's that? Dap.: The Turke was, here. As one would say, Doe you think I am a Turke? View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 Come, noble Doctor, 'pray thee let's preuaile, This is the Gentleman, and he is no Chiause . View more context for this quotation 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. ii. sig. B4 One that will thanke you, richly, and h' is no Chiause . View more context for this quotation] 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xxv. 91 Told our Nephews, that you were not a Chouse, since you go roundly to Worke. [Fr. que vous n'estiez point fourbe.] †3. One easily cheated, a dupe, gull, tool. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] > gullible person, dupe foola1382 woodcockc1430 geckc1530 cousinc1555 cokes1567 milch cow1582 gudgeon1584 coney1591 martin1591 gull1594 plover1599 rook1600 gull-finch1604 cheatee1615 goata1616 whirligig1624 chouse1649 coll1657 cully1664 bubble1668 lamb1668 Simple Simon?1673 mouth1680 dupe1681 cull1698 bub1699 game1699 muggins1705 colour1707 milk cow1727 flat1762 gulpin1802 slob1810 gaggee1819 sucker1838 hoaxee1840 softie1850 foozle1860 lemon1863 juggins1882 yob1886 patsy1889 yapc1894 fall guy1895 fruit1895 meemaw1895 easy mark1896 lobster1896 mark1896 wise guy1896 come-on1897 pushover1907 John1908 schnookle1908 Gretchen1913 jug1914 schnook1920 soft touch1924 prospect1931 steamer1932 punter1934 dill1941 Joe Soap1943 possum1945 Moreton Bay1953 easy touch1959 1649 Duke of Newcastle Varietie Dramatis Personae in Country Captaine Dramatis Personae..Simpleton, a Country Chiause. 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ A Chowse, quod stultum notat. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 225 Syllier then a sottish Chews, Who when a thief has Rob'd his house; Apply's himself to Cunning-men To help him to his goods agen. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 279 [A cheat] can do no feats without the co-operating assistance of the Chowse whose Credulity commonly meets the Imposter half-way. 1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 82 At no less Price than his Ruin..he buys the knowledge of finding himself a Chouse. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. A chouse, a bubble: a tool: a man fit to be cheated. 4. slang. [ < chouse v.¹] A trick, swindle, sham, ‘sell’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Chowse, a Cheat, Trick, or Sham. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Chouse, a trick or sham. 1888 Mrs. Parr in Longman's Mag. Apr. 639 I say, what a chouse for Adda! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). chousev.¹ /tʃaʊs/ Forms: 1600s chiause, chiauze, chews, 1600s– chowse, chouse. Etymology: < chouse n. colloquial. transitive. To dupe, cheat, trick; to swindle or defraud of or out of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle > out of something beguile1394 wrongc1484 delude1493 licka1500 to wipe a person's nose1577 uncle1585 cheat1597 cozen1602 to bob of1605 to bob out of1605 gull1612 foola1616 to set in the nick1616 to worm (a person) out of1617 shuffle1627 to baffle out of1652 chouse1654 trepan1662 bubble1668 trick1698 to bamboozle out of1705 fling1749 jockey1772 swindle1780 twiddle1825 to diddle out of1829 nig1829 to chisel out of1848 to beat out1851 nobble1852 duff1863 flim-flam1890 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xviii. 261 But our Barber..is chiauz'd, a very Pigeon..and is caughd like a young Jack Daw. a1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon ii. iii We are In a fair way to be ridiculous..Chiaus'd by a scholar! 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 203 He stole your Cloke, and pick'd your pocket, Chews'd, and Caldes'd ye like a Block-head. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 16 You shall chouse him of horses, cloathes and Money. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 36 To chouse a very civil..Gentleman out of an Hundred Pound. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 201 Bristol stones won't buy stock: only wants to chouse you. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. vii. 173 Not to be..choused out of my lump of loyalty. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic cliii Had Fortune pleased posterity to chowse. 1886 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 33 496 Is it to be said that they are to be choused of their remedy? Derivatives choused adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [adjective] > defrauded choused1682 cheated1709 trepanned1824 ripped1971 short-changed1976 1682 T. D'Urfey Butler's Ghost 104 Yet [he] gave worse Reasons for so doing, Than e're chous'd Cully did for wooing. chousing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 562 Mingled with evil, fraud, and chousing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). chousev.² /tʃaʊs/ Forms: Also chowse. Etymology: origin unknown. U.S. transitive. To disturb or harry (cattle). ΚΠ 1920 J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas I. 313 The round-up boss would let no one ride through the herd and ‘chouse’, or unnecessarily disturb them. 1930 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children 116 While they were ‘chousing’ a bunch of outlaw cattle. 1948 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 10 July 84/1 When you chowse 'em around they lose weight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1632v.¹1654v.²1920
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