hornpout

[ hawrn-pout ]

noun

1. horned pout.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hornpout¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

If Rob had hit each one of us in the face with a wet hornpout, the effect would have been more agreeable.

From Project Gutenberg

Now your pickerel, be he ever so meagre, is of course a nobler fish than your hornpout, and there is more glory in his capture.

From Project Gutenberg