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goggle-eye

[gog-uh l-ahy]
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noun, plural gog·gle-eyes, (especially collectively) gog·gle-eye.

rock bass.
Also called goggle-eye scad. bigeye scad.

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Nearby words

  1. gog,
  2. gog and magog,
  3. gogga,
  4. goggle,
  5. goggle-box,
  6. goggle-eyed,
  7. gogglebox,
  8. goggler,
  9. goggles,
  10. gogh
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Examples from the Web for goggle-eye

  • Our departed friend, Professor Goggle-Eye, when he made his jump, landed right in my shirt front.

    The Unspeakable Perk|Samuel Hopkins Adams

  • Our business was yard-inspection, with Goggle-Eye as general factotum.

    We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

  • We, of course, had ridden out, but Goggle-Eye had preferred to walk.

    We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn