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Example sentences for "cozen"

Lexicographically close words:
coyne; coyned; coyness; coyote; coyotes; cozened; cozening; cozie; cozily; coziness
  1. Talks much of his neglecting the King; and making the King to trot every day to him, when he is well enough to go to visit his cozen Chief-Justice Hide, but not to the Council or King.

  2. Pen, and then home to my father to keep him company, he being to go out of town, and up late with him and my brother John till past 12 at night to make up papers of Tom's accounts fit to leave with my cozen Scott.

  3. So we walked together to my cozen Joyce's, where my wife staid for me, and then I home and her by coach, and so to my office, then to supper and to bed.

  4. My wife gone this afternoon to the buriall of my she-cozen Scott, a good woman; and it is a sad consideration how the Pepys's decay, and nobody almost that I know in a present way of encreasing them.

  5. And so through the City, not a little proud, God knows, to be seen upon so pretty a beast, and to my cozen W.

  6. Threaten you, and then send you home in hopes you'd somehow cozen me?

  7. Just another of his attempts to cozen the honest men of this island.

  8. You let him use you to cozen Walrond and the Windwards into defecting?

  9. Then to his studies, which are how to cozen this tenant, beggar that widow, or to undo some orphan.

  10. But his chiefest guest is a customer, which is the greatest relation he acknowledges, especially if you be an honest gentleman, that is trust him to cozen you enough.

  11. He hath certain charms for a horse mouth, that he should not eat his hay; and behind your back he will cozen your horse to his face.

  12. His study is to counterfeit impotency, and his practice to cozen simplicity of charity.

  13. If she live to be thrice married, she seldom fails to cozen her second husband's creditors.

  14. Beggars cozen him with musty things which they have raked from dung-hills, and he preserves their rags for precious relics.

  15. Anichino, seeing Egano awake and hearing talk of himself, was sore afraid lest the lady had a mind to cozen him and offered again and again to draw his hand away, so he might begone; but she held it so fast that he could not win free.

  16. VI And when he came to merry Carleile, To his chamber he is gone, And ther came to him his cozen Sir Gawaine, As he did make his mone.

  17. Lay hands on the villain; I believe 'a means to cozen somebody in this city under my countenance.

  18. Only, in this disguise, I think't no sin To cozen him that would unjustly win.

  19. I would cozen the man of his wife, and do his service.

  20. And well said too; for who shall go about To cozen fortune, and be honourable Without the stamp of merit?

  21. Trembled and shook, for why he stamp'd and swore As if the vicar meant to cozen him.

  22. Lay hands on the villain: I believe 'a means to cozen somebody in this city under my countenance.

  23. Trembled and shook, for why, he stamp'd and swore As if the vicar meant to cozen him.

  24. Then at noon by coach home, and thither by and by comes cozen Turner, and The.

  25. To visit my cozen Creed, and found her ill at home, being with child, and looks poorly.

  26. At my cozen Turner's I find they are gone all to dinner to Povy's, and thither I, and there they were all, and W.

  27. Indeed you never taught me how to handle Cards To cheat and cozen men with oaths and lies: Those are the worldly qualities to live: Some of our scarlet Gallants teach their boys These worldly qualities.

  28. Why should they use their arts to cozen us?

  29. The world looks to them as if they could cozen it out of some ways and means of life.

  30. But they cannot cozen IT: they can only cozen their neighbours.

  31. From thence by link to my cozen Stradwick's, where my father and we and Dr.

  32. From thence Mr. Moore and I to the Temple about my law business with my cozen Turner, and there we read over T.

  33. My cozen John Holcroft (whom I have not seen many years) this morning came to see me.

  34. Early to my cozen Thomas Trice to discourse about our affairs, and he did make demand of the L200 and the interest thereof.

  35. My wife and I by water to Whitehall, where I left her to her business and I to my cozen Thomas Pepys, and discoursed with him at large about our business of my uncle's will.

  36. My chiefest thought is now to get a good wife for Tom, there being one offered by the Joyces, a cozen of theirs, worth L200 in ready money.

  37. Called up by my Cozen Snow, who sat by me while I was trimmed, and then I drank with him, he desiring a courtesy for a friend, which I have done for him.

  38. This ground-work, will not bear adulterate red, Nor artificial white, to cozen love.

  39. I knew she would but cozen you, is she not like now?

  40. Here I met, before the committee sat, with my cozen Roger Pepys, the first time I have spoke with him this parliament.

  41. Home after I had spoke with my cozen Richard Pepys upon the 'Change, about supplying us with bewpers from Norwich, which I should be glad of, if cheap.

  42. I would to God I were clear of it, both as to my owne money and the bond of L1000, which I stand debtor for him in, to my cozen Thomas Pepys.

  43. Forth with him and walked a good way talking, then parted and I to the Temple, and to my cozen Roger Pepys, and thence by water to Westminster to see Dean Honiwood, whom I had not visited a great while.

  44. Having done there I returned to Whitehall, where meeting with my brother Ashwell and his cozen Sam.

  45. After dinner my brother to the College, and my father and I to my Cozen Angier's, to see them, where Mr. Fairbrother came to us.

  46. After office home to dinner, where come in my cozen Snow by chance, and I had a very good capon to dinner.

  47. From thence to dinner by coach with my wife to my Cozen Scott's, and the company not being come, I went over the way to the Barber's.

  48. Thence with my cozen Roger Pepys, [Roger Pepys, son of Talbot Pepys of Impington, a barrister of the Middle Temple, M.

  49. He calls me cozen and seems a very knowing man.

  50. I would know that; I fear your Devil will cozen ye, And stand as close as ye can, I shall be with ye.

  51. Let her do what she please: No, no Alinda You cannot cozen me again in a Boys figure, Nor hide the beauty of that face in patches, But I shall know it.

  52. Lay hands on the villain: I believe a' means to cozen somebody in this city under my countenance.

  53. Trembled and shook; for why he stamp'd and swore, As if the vicar meant to cozen him.

  54. Since Frenchmen are so braid, Marry that will, I live and die a maid: Only in this disguise I think't no sin 75 To cozen him that would unjustly win.

  55. I would cozen the man of his wife and do his service.

  56. From thence walked to my cozen Stradwick's, and there chose a small banquet and some other things against our entertainment on Thursday next.

  57. I staid with him till noon, and then he went to my cozen Scott's to dinner, who had invited him.

  58. I eat among other fruit much mulberrys, a thing I have not eat of these many years, since I used to be at Ashted, at my cozen Pepys's.

  59. Thence to Tom's again, and there supped well, my she cozen Scott being there and my father being not come, we walked home and to bed.

  60. Thence to the Temple, and there spoke with my cozen Roger, who gives me little hopes in the business between my Uncle Tom and us.


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    Other words:
    beat; beguile; bluff; boodle; burn; bustle; cheat; chisel; con; cozen; crib; crook; deceive; defraud; diddle; doodle; dupe; euchre; fleece; fool; fudge; gouge; gull; have; hoax; mislead; mulct; overreach; pigeon; prey; ramp; ream; rook; screw; shave; stick; sting; sucker; swindle; take; trick