conger
noun
a large marine eel, Conger conger, sometimes reaching a length of 10 feet (3 meters), used for food.
congers
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pluralof conger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Bannon told Wolff that he relishes the hatred his name congers up in what he called the “donor class” and “the metrosexual bubble.”
From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2016
At waterside, Does the shocked eeler lay his congers by, Sighting a Reo driven by an edile?
From Time Magazine Archive
When I was a small boy I fished one day for congers in the monster hole.
From The Celtic Twilight by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
That there wire as is run round the line is to keep the congers from biting it in two.”
From Menhardoc by C.J. Staniland
Antagoras replied, "Do you think, O king, that Agamemnon, when he did such exploits, was a peeping in his army to see who boiled congers?"
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
