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cogger

cogger noun: someone who cheats at dice.

Noun

cogger (plural coggers)

  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.

Proper noun capitalized: Cogger

Cogger (plural Coggers)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Forms of cogger

Noun
pluralcoggers
Proper noun
pluralCoggers

Origin of cogger

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

From cog (“ship of burden”) + -er, hence an occupational surname for a boat or cog builder or, more likely, for a sailor or master of a cog.

Questions about cogger

What does cogger mean?
Cogger means someone who cheats at dice.
What part of speech is cogger?
Cogger can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cogger?
The plural of cogger is coggers.

Words near cogger in the dictionary

  1. cogently
  2. coger
  3. cogers
  4. Coggan
  5. cogged
  6. cogger
  7. coggeries
  8. coggers
  9. coggery
  10. Coggeshall
  11. Coggeshalls

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