chowsing

English

Verb

chowsing

1. present participle and gerund of chowse
   • 1792, John Croft, editor, Scrapeana: fugitive miscellany, Sans Souci [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 14:

     […] in his discourse on the heinous sins of chowsing, cheating, and defrauding one's neighbours, […]

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