hornpout
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hornpout
By shortening
Example Sentences
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I pictured the snowflaky, Grandma Moses villages, the reaches of swampland rattling with dried cattails, the ponds where frog and hornpout dreamed in a sheath of ice, and the shivering woods.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Their agility is the more surprising when one remembers that the grown hornpout is but a sluggish chap and that they are not built on lines that presage swiftness.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
A catfish is an exaggerated hornpout, or "bullhead."
From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Oliver Optic
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