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Definition of Gouger
1. Noun. An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye.
2. Noun. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Specialized synonyms: Card Shark, Card Sharp, Card Sharper, Cardsharp, Cardsharper, Sharper, Sharpie, Sharpy, Clip Artist, Con Artist, Con Man, Confidence Man, Welcher, Welsher
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Derivative terms: Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Defraud, Gouge, Scam, Swindle
Definition of Gouger
1. n. See Plum Gouger.
Definition of Gouger
1. Noun. Someone who gouges. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gouger
1. one that gouges [n -S] - See also: gouges
Medical Definition of Gouger
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gouger
Literary usage of Gouger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1830)
"Edited by Robert gouger. Together with the outline of a System of Colonization.
12mo. pp. 246. London : Joseph Cross; Simpkin & Marshall; and Effingham ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by David Sutherland, India High Court (Calcutta, India), Great Britain Privy Council. Judicial Committee (1895)
"I. facts of the substantially as follow : The goods in question were shipped in
London by Alfred gouger on behalf of himself and a Mr. Siewart, ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1873)
"No, Mr. gouger. But I suppose what I have told you is worth knowing ? ... When the
manager departed Mr. gouger leant back in his chair, thrust his hands ..."
4. American Gardening (1890)
"... treated with insecticide contained scarcely a specimen but what was injured
by the work of the curculio or gouger—besides, they ripened much earlier, ..."
5. Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri by Missouri State Horticultural Society (1898)
"We have had but little experience in this warfare, but feel quite sure the jarring
is the most effectual for the plum gouger and curculio. ..."
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