cogger

noun — 2 senses

cogger

noun

Etymology From cog (“to play tricks with dice”) + -er.

1

Someone who cheats at dice.

  • This Edward […] staked his honour against a cogger of dice, and was presently tricked out of three thousand guineas […].1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. IV, letter 71:
2

A flatterer or deceiver.

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