goglet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of goglet
1690–1700; < Portuguese gorgoleta (diminutive of gorja throat), akin to French gargoulette (diminutive of gargoule throat); gargle
Example Sentences
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Goglet, gog′let, n. a water-cooler.
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The king was hard pressed by the queen, and at last forced water from his own goglet into the Ray's mouth.
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Com-plete in every particular,' said Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.
From Project Gutenberg
So I set to and ransacked the lockers, where, amongst a vast variety of miscellaneous matters, I was not long in finding a bottle of very tolerable rum, some salt junk, some biscuit, and a goglet or porous earthen jar of water, with some capital cigars.
From Project Gutenberg
Complete in every particular,' said Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.
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