cogger
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See also: Cogger
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cog (“to play tricks with dice”) + -er.
Noun
[edit]cogger (plural coggers)
- Someone who cheats at dice.
- 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. IV, letter 71:
- This Edward […] staked his honour against a cogger of dice, and was presently tricked out of three thousand guineas […] .
- A flatterer or deceiver.