gudgeon

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From Time Magazine Archive

Roberval, like a fool gudgeon, caught at the bait, and had in his own mind fully decided to try the venture.

From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by Marquis, T. G.

The gambler fixed a keen look upon Lesparre for a moment, and then replied that he was no gudgeon to bite such a stale bait as that.

From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan

A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

He is much like the perch for his shape, and taken to be better than the perch, but will grow to be bigger than a gudgeon.

From Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc by Various