cogger

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noun

Someone who cheats at dice.

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Meanings

cogger1

nouncogger (plural coggers)

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

Cogger2

proper nounCogger (plural Coggers)

plural Coggers

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

cogger · noun

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

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Cogger · proper noun

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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APA

cogger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogger

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“cogger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cogger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogger.

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