There are not any gudgeon even worth talking about. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch, and other stories] Reference
“Lost a beautiful albino gudgeon,” Professor Peddick said. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
A "fool's gudgeon" will surely reward his laborious endeavors for. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
It is not much bigger than a gudgeon, but is of great use in these. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
The little gudgeon was standing woebegone, holding his limp purse. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Writer] Reference
Gradually the whale became a porpoise, and the porpoise became a gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
Mr. Beaman passed Sunday at Poissy, where he usually goes fishing for gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Paris War Days Diary of an American] Reference
A chemist perfects a new method of synthesizing rubber, or a mechanic devises a new pattern of gudgeon-pin. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
It is not a delicate fish — it will take a perch; and a pike loves a gudgeon, the shilishper likes a butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [The Witch, and other stories] Reference
Like an arrow, the pike darted away, and with him the herring, the gudgeon, the perch, the carp, and all the rest of them. From Wordnik.com. [Household Tales] Reference
This forms an abutment for supporting the ladle in the gudgeon band, being secured to this last by latch bolts and cotters. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
The sea-gudgeon also fattens in the rivers, and, as a rule, countries abounding in lagoons furnish unusually excellent fish. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Whatever a book said would lack something essential and be as useless by itself as the gudgeon to a door hinge with no pintle. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
The old lady was right; and I swallowed the bait which her Ladyship had prepared to entrap me as simply as any gudgeon takes a hook. From Wordnik.com. [The Memoires of Barry Lyndon] Reference
This whale has swallowed up all gudgeon-questions. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
She had caught him like a fisherman hooks a gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories] Reference
Then that hungry gudgeon credulity will bite at anything. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]] Reference
Barbara Lisle to fish for gudgeon; Betty Castlemaine tormented. From Wordnik.com. [Lorraine A romance] Reference
No fear; they are quite light -- about the weight of a gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01] Reference
Thou thyself shalt see how the old gudgeon will swallow the hook. From Wordnik.com. [Faust's Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt. English] Reference
"I don't want these cold things; haven't you kept me any gudgeon?". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown at Oxford] Reference
He was never at a loss, however, and he christened them sea-gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel] Reference
"I have learned my lesson, believe me, and I'm no longer a 'gudgeon.'". From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
I checked her from stem to gudgeon and you lay over her like a circus tent. From Wordnik.com. [The Galaxy Primes] Reference
"I wonder if there are any gudgeon there?" he said; "I could bring a rod --". From Wordnik.com. [Lorraine A romance] Reference
It is an idle benevolence to keep one solitary gudgeon out of the jaws of a pike. From Wordnik.com. [Kenelm Chillingly — Complete] Reference
"His basket must be already nearly full, and I have not caught even a wretched gudgeon.". From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Bracebridge School Days] Reference
Usu'ly it comes less promisc'yus, with the gudgeon stakin 'the big roll, and then I pull out. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
A large upright post is placed on a gudgeon, with shafts extending horizontally 15 or 20 feet. From Wordnik.com. [A New Guide for Emigrants to the West] Reference
Next to those should be ranked the white river-fish, which have scales, as pike, perch, gudgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life] Reference
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