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
They, hearing the noise ran away as fast as they could drive, and when they ran away in haste, they would cry, gurry, gurry, speaking deep in the throat.
From A Source Book of Australian History by Gwendolen H. Swinburne
Speeches––speeches––speeches, when your throat’s full of gurry––dry, salty gurry.
From The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
Keelers, deck, rail, our hands, faces, boots and oilskins were sticky with the blood and gurry.
From The Seiners by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
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