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cogger

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cogger¹

Where it comes from

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

noun 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 […].
  2. A flatterer or deceiver.

Cogger²

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Coggers

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

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@misc{cogger_2026,
  title = {cogger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cogger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}