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At least James Joyce would agree with this judgment, since he links the trio together as Daunty, Gouty and Shopkeeper in “Finnegans Wake.”

From Washington Post • May 16, 2017

Gouty peers, ruffling through the London Evening Standard learned last week that: "Gunmen have struck terror into the hearts of inhabitants of the big American cities . . . their police are helpless."

From Time Magazine Archive

Gouty Britishers have drunk and dunked themselves in Bath's water since the time of the Roman Empire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gouty Lord Beaurivage is carried out in a fit of fright.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gouty old tartar, who insists upon having his own way, and bullies his unfortunate nephew till he is obliged to give in for the sake of peace?

From What a Man Wills by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.