gudgeon
Example Sentences
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The EA and Thames Water are investigating after dead European eels, sticklebacks, gudgeon and stone loach were discovered in the River Pool.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Morose, georgette, cited, ingenuity, questionnaire, accessible, meringue, gudgeon, insoluble, parliamentary, aphorism, olfactory and lineaments cleared the stage of all but three.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eight-hundred gudgeon are said to have been consumed in three weeks by eight pike of not more than five pounds weight each.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
I vote we hook him for a gudgeon, and get the price of a meal.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
