CHOUSE, verb transitive To cheat, trick, defraud; followed by of, in Hudibras; but in America, by out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. CHOUSE, noun One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton. A trick; sham; imposition.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI