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
And it is well known that the Cardinal de Granville said at Rome, when the two Counts had been taken: “The two gudgeon, verily, have been caught, but the pike has been allowed to escape.”
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
She gave a great shudder, as the man in the fairy tale did when his wife poured gudgeon upon him while he slept.
From Coquette by Frank Swinnerton
At intervals of four feet along the line short pieces of fine gimp were fastened, ending in hooks baited alternately with lob-worms and gudgeon.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes
