gudgeon

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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 Coster, Charles de

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 Bartlett, John

The gudgeon pin is hardened, ground and secured in connecting rod, and is allowed to work in piston.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

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.