The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
cozen
(verb) cheat or trick; “He cozened the money out of the old man”
cozen
(verb) act with artful deceit
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
(verb) be false to; be dishonest with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
(intransitive) To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
• Usually used with up.
cozen (third-person singular simple present cozens, present participle cozening, simple past and past participle cozened)
(archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [from late 16th c.]
Synonym: beguile
Modern usage is generally to effect a dated style.
Source: Wiktionary
Coz"en (kz"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-ng). ] Etym: [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.]
Definition: To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.
Coz"en, v. i.
Definition: To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.