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chouse of

verb (used with object)

1.

to swindle; cheat (often followed by of or out of ).

noun

2.

a swindle.

3.

Archaic. a swindler.

4.

Archaic. a dupe.

Origin:
1600–10; perhaps to be identified with chiaus

Related forms

chous·er, noun

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chouse

"swindler, swindle," 1650s, from Turk. chaush "sergeant, herald, messenger," but the sense connection is obscure.

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