gudgeon

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From Time Magazine Archive

“Well,” Clay returned, “there’s a gudgeon up on shore that evidently wants to get hold of your hook, and you with it.”

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel by Gordon, Harry

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 Swinnerton, Frank

I vote we hook him for a gudgeon, and get the price of a meal.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton

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

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton