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chiseler

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chis⋅el⋅er

  [chiz-uh-ler, chiz-ler]
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–noun
1. a person who cheats or tricks; swindler.
2. a person who uses a chisel, as a wood carver.
Also, especially British, chis⋅el⋅ler.

Origin:
1880–85; chisel + -er 1
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chis·el   (chĭz'əl)   


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n.  A metal tool with a sharp beveled edge, used to cut and shape stone, wood, or metal.
v.   chis·eled or chis·elled, chis·el·ing or chis·el·ling, chis·els

v.   tr.

  1. To shape or cut with a chisel.

  2. Informal

    1. To cheat or swindle.

    2. To obtain by deception.

v.   intr.

  1. To use a chisel.

  2. Informal

    1. To use unethical methods; cheat: "who's up, who's down and who's chiseling on the side" (James Reston).

    2. To intrude oneself without welcome: always tries to chisel in on our conversations.


[Middle English, from Old French cisiel, from Vulgar Latin *cīsellus, cutting tool, from diminutive of Latin caesus, past participle of caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]
chis'el·er n.
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