gouger

/ (ˈɡaʊdʒə) /

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noun

a person or tool that gouges

Irish dialect a low-class city lout

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Words nearby gouger

Götz von Berlichingen, gouache, Gouda, Goudy, gouge, gouger, goujon, goulash, Gould, Gouldian finch, Gouley's catheter

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How to use gouger in a sentence

Mr. Gouger, a young merchant residing at Ava, was then with us, and had much more reason to fear than the rest of us.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
But the next day Mr. Gouger's property, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, was taken and carried to the palace.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
He had worked as a gouger for a while when the blocks were bought up.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
Mr. Roseleaf, sitting upright, in an attitude of strained attention, inquired what Mr. Gouger meant.
A Black Adonis|Linn Boyd Porter

Mr. Gouger, though feeling that it was best to use little circumlocution, had not meant to wound his caller.
A Black Adonis|Linn Boyd Porter

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