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/gˈaʊdʒər/ Listen

Gouger

noun

An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye.

A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud. Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, grifter, scammer, swindler.

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"Gouger" Quotes from Famous Books

... a hunch your man started it, and my man will finish it. I don't know what it's about, Kit, but give him hell on suspicion! Go to it, boy,—do it again! Who-ee!—that was a sock-dolager! Keep him off you, Kit, he's a gouger, and has the weight. Give it to him standing, and give it to him good! That's it! Ki-yi! Hell's bells and ...

— The Treasure Trail - A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine • Marah Ellis Ryan

... female—what would you do? With a slight degree of feeling, she said, 'I will present your petition; come again to-morrow. I returned to the house, with considerable hope that the speedy release of the missionaries was at hand. But the next day, the property of Mr. Gouger, (one of the Englishmen,) amounting to 25,000 dollars, was seized and carried to the palace. The officers on their return, politely informed me, that they should visit our house on the morrow. I felt ...

— Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons • Arabella W. Stuart

Words linked to "Gouger" : scrapper, combatant, card sharp, welsher, battler, sharpy, sharpie, cardsharp, cardsharper, con man, welcher, beguiler, card shark, trickster, belligerent, scammer, gouge, confidence man, sharper, fighter, slicker, cheat, clip artist, cheater, con artist, deceiver, card sharper