gurry
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gurry
First recorded in 1835–40; origin unknown
Example Sentences
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His caudal fin, dorsal fins, maxillary, eye, missing barbel, etc., have turned our Sacred Cod into a hunk of gurry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kabuo went back and hosed the net gurry out the scupper holes.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Keelers, deck, rail, our hands, faces, boots and oilskins were sticky with the blood and gurry.
From The Seiners by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)
As each gurry is filled the men hasten off with it to where the auctioneer is standing.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
With the help of a small notebook and a lead pencil he auctions it before an outsider can wink, and the gurry is taken a few yards further, where women are pouring herrings into barrels.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
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