verb
- past tense of chowse; to cheat or swindle someone out of money or property
Usage: archaic; informal
Examples
- He was chowsed out of his savings by a dishonest merchant.
- The traveler complained that he had been chowsed at the inn.
- They chowsed him in the card game and took all his money.
- She realized too late that she had been chowsed by the false dealer.