gudgeon

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From Time Magazine Archive

You’ve played the gudgeon for somebody; that’s all.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton

You are not bigger than a gudgeon, and you know how to swim, it is easy for you.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

In the month of October it occurred to Mr. Bradley to tempt him with some small fish, and the first gudgeon thrown into the water he darted at and swallowed with avidity.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

The miller’s thumb is about the size of a gudgeon, to which it is allied, but has a head broader than its body, whence it gets its other name of “bull-head.”

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway