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Cogger

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation.
Noun
  1. 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 […]."

  2. 2
    A flatterer or deceiver.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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.

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