gudgeon in English
noun
1
a small, edible, European freshwater fish, often used as bait by anglers.
There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon , crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present.
2
a credulous or easily fooled person.
Has the old gudgeon never heard of a celebratory glass of champagne?
3
a pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object swings or rotates.
Between rings, the bell wheels squeaked in their gudgeons like an old barn door.
noun
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1. " And whereas all the other things, whether beast or vessel, that enter into the dreadful gulf of this monster's ( whale's ) mouth, are immediately lost and swallowed up, the sea- gudgeon retires into it in great security, and there sleeps. "