In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
COZEN
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
Etymology 1
Verb
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.
Usage notes
• Usually used with up.
Etymology 2
Verb
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
Usage notes
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
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