coggern.1
/ˈkɒɡə/ 1. One who puts cogs in a wheel.
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1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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2. Mining. One who builds up supports with cogs or chocks. (In modern dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
coggern.2
/ˈkɒɡə/ a. One who cogs at dice.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player > cheat
colec1555
foisterc1555
cogger1576
palmer1671
topper1671
tat-monger1688
tatsman1825
dice-man1871
1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. J.vi Stealers, cutpurses, coggers, carders, dysers.
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 147 As for Coggers and Cheaters [at dice].
b. A sharper, cheat, deceiver, beguiler.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]
shondc725
faitoura1340
fob1393
trumper?c1450
feature14..
chuffera1500
prowler1519
truphane1568
cozener1575
cogger1580
pretender1583
impostor1586
mountebank1589
sycophant?1589
foolmonger1593
affronter1598
assumer1600
knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602
pettifogger1602
budgeter1603
quacksalver1611
empiric1614
putter-off?1615
quack1638
stafador1638
saltimbanco1646
adventurer1648
fourbe1668
shammer1677
imposer1678
charlatana1680
sham1683
cheat1687
hocus1692
gull1699
shamster1716
coal-blower1720
humbugger1752
gagger1781
fudge1794
humbug1804
potwalloper1820
twister1834
jackleg1844
fraud1850
bunyip1852
empiricist1854
Bayswater Captain1880
bluffer1888
putter-down1906
quandong1939
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pipeur, a deceiuer, a beguiler, a cogger.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 24 Sinon a caytiefe by fortun..A lyer hym neauer may she make, nor cogger vnhonest.
1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 263 O sir, do not let him turn the tables against me, who am only a simple stripling, and he an old cogger.
c. A false flatterer, fawner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Adulateur, a flatterer, cogger, smoother.
1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) ii Palpator, a flatterer, coger, cajoler, sycophant, glozer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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