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v. - Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit.

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  • “And why would he send a dern girl all the way up here to chouse us?”
  • For without freedom we all loose the ability to chouse our words, our loves, and our lives.
  • Market being over, quoth the devil to the farmer, Well, clown, thou hast choused me once, it is thy fault; chouse me twice,
  • He will pay well and not chouse you, for he's a true gentleman.
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