cogger

See also: Cogger

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cogger (plural coggers)

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