See Also: chouse(1)(dictionary)
chouse(2)(dictionary)

chouse(1) (iou)



chouse noun & verb1. slang (now arch. rare). Also chiaus, chowse. E17.
[App. var. of CHIAUS noun, after a Turk who received hospitality in England after claiming to be a messenger or ambassador of the Sultan.]
A. noun.
I. A cheat, a swindler. E-M17.
A person easily cheated, a dupe. M17-M18.
A trick, a swindle, a sham. E18.
II.
= CHIAUS. Only in M17.
b. verb trans. Dupe, trick, swindle; defraud of; cheat out of. M17.
chouser noun a swindler, a cheat L19.