cozen vs gyp

cozen

verb
  • To become cozy; (by extension) to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with. 

gyp

noun
  • Pain or discomfort. 

  • The room in which such college servants work. 

  • A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend upon (usually several) students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks; generally equivalent to a scout in the historical sense at Oxford University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin. 

  • Coordinate terms: porter, bedder 

  • A cheat or swindle; a rip-off. 

  • Synonym of gypsy (“contra dance step”) 

  • Gypsophila. 

  • A small kitchen for use by college students. 

verb
  • To cheat or swindle. 

How often have the words cozen and gyp occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )