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gaspergou

American  
[gas-per-goo] / ˌgæs pərˈgu /

noun

PLURAL

gaspergous

PLURAL

gaspergou

  1. freshwater drum.

Etymology

Origin of gaspergou

1800–10, < Louisiana French casburgot, French casse-burgot, equivalent to cass ( er ) to break + burgeau a kind of shellfish

Example Sentences

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Mama cook lots of gaspergou and carp and the poisson ami fish, with the long snout—what they call gar now.

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