losenger

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losenger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Losenger \Los"en*ger\, n. [OF. losengier, losengeor, fr.
     losengier to deceive, flatter, losenge, flattery, Pr.
     lauzenga, fr. L. laus praise. Cf. Lozenge.]
     A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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           To a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives
           with shame, as a number of such other losengers had
           done.                                    --Holinshed.
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