The meaning of this was that she wouldn't have Mr Quiverful's promised appointment cozened away by the treachery of Mr Slope and the weakness of her husband.
She told how Mr Slope had cozened her husband into resigning his claim, and had declared that it was the bishop's will that none but Mr Harding should be warden.
He almost laughed aloud, thinking how Benjamin Briggs had been cozened by all his slaves, even his half-African mistress.
Adames entered into extraordenary humours, taking the parte of the scrivano of his junk with one Miguell, 2 villans that have cozened the Company, against me and all the rest of thenglish, to mentayne them before the justice.
Because my father and you between you cozened me out of my lawful own, and this is the only way that I see of coming by it again.
Nor," added the vizier, "is this more extraordinary or rarer than the story of the two sharpers who cozened each his fellow.
The second reading would refer to the dog and continue the illustration: 'Thou art the dog whom shadows cozened and who div'd for what vanish'd.
Think ye that can be but a harmless folly in the Queen of Scotland, which entailed the curse of blood on that flaunting minion who so charmed and cozened the Tetrarch of Galilee?
She told how Mr. Slope had cozened her husband into resigning his claim, and had declared that it was the bishop's will that none but Mr. Harding should be warden.
The meaning of this was that she wouldn't have Mr. Quiverful's promised appointment cozened away by the treachery of Mr. Slope and the weakness of her husband.
How would your pride bear it if I told you that he hadcozened you with some foolish semblance of a wizard?
What an ass I have been to be so cozenedby a sharper!
The meaning of which was that Miss Dunstable was to be cozened into paying the money under an idea that it was a part of the sum covered by the existing mortgage.
My brother Francis must be strangely credulous to be so cozened by an impostor,' quoth he, with a gleam of humor in his gaze.
Still I'll warrant your fair companion cozened the silver pieces from the pockets of the gentry.
What if Francis, less easily cozened than the countess, should find his suspicions aroused?
The greatest heads of my realm are being cozened by a trickster; befooled in a way that any humble ploughman should be ashamed of.
Then I charge you as a loyal subject of the lawful king, to guide me from this stronghold, into which I have been cozenedby treachery and falsehood.
Tale of the Two Sharpers Who Each Cozened His Compeer v.
Nor" (continued the Wazir), "is this tale stranger or rarer than the story of the Two Sharpers who each cozened his Compeer.
Give ear, O king, to The Tale of the Two Sharpers who each Cozened his Compeer.
Are you the first who has been cozened in love--the first whom a vain and licentious woman has cheated into an affection, which she has afterwards scorned and misused?
Note the expression of his hate in "Old Gandolf cozened me," though he fought tooth and nail to save his niche.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cozened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
