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
There�s a large lift-out fishbox with a macerator to get rid of the gurry, a recirculating livewell and a generous transom door.
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
The one in the lead is dragging a bit of gurry out from the water and up over the edge into the sunlight.
From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.
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
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