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
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 Robert C. Benchley
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
"Can't keep a good boy like this pawing around in fish gurry," stated Captain Wass.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
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