chowsing

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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, []
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chowsing.