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Gudgeon  v. t.  To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. (R.) "To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Gudgeon" Quotes from Famous Books



... old chap, refusing to be comforted, like a veritable Rachel mourning for her children. "We may possibly get rid of the water below, but the crosshead bearings are working loose, and I'd like to know who's going to give me a new gudgeon pin?" ...
— The Ghost Ship - A Mystery of the Sea • John C. Hutcheson

... up," he said, at last, "you gaping old gudgeon, what you standing staring there for? Send Mr. Wynne up. Tell him the lady is here, and ...
— By Berwen Banks • Allen Raine

... gull, gudgeon, gobemouche[obs3], cull*, cully[obs3], victim, pigeon, April fool[obs3]; jay*, sucker*; laughingstock &c 857; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool &c 501; puppet, cat's paw. V. be deceived &c 545, be the dupe of; fall into a trap; swallow ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... inserted in a joist or board over head, and turned by the hands of two persons while one feeds it with corn. Horse mills follow the mortar and hand mill in the scale of improvement. They are constructed variously. A hand mill is the most simple. A large upright post is placed on a gudgeon, with shafts extending horizontally 15 or 20 feet. Around the ends of these is a band of raw hide twisted, which passes around the trundle head and turns the spindle and communicates motion to the stone. A cog mill is formed by constructing a rim with cogs upon the shafts, and a trundle ...
— A New Guide for Emigrants to the West • J. M. Peck

... roots of the trees were also covered with mussels, oysters, and other Crustacea. But the most curious creature was a small fish which I had before seen, called by sailors Jumping Johnny. David called him a close-eyed gudgeon (periophthalmus). He was of the oddest shape, and went jumping about sometimes like a frog, and sometimes gliding in an awkward manner over the mud. We were watching one of them when Leo cried ...
— In the Wilds of Africa • W.H.G. Kingston



Words linked to "Gudgeon" :   mudskipper, goby, gudgeon pin, mudspringer, family Gobiidae, genus Gobio, cyprinid, percoidean, percoid, Gobio, Gobio gobio, cyprinid fish



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