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

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

A large upright post is placed on a gudgeon, with shafts extending horizontally 15 or 20 feet.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

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

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