Gurnet

If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The pots have been set and baited with gurnet; during the two hours 'interval we are anchored. ❋ George Lynch (N/A)

To go to the sewing of Fish, Musculade, Minews in few of porpos or of salmon, bak'd herring with sugar, green fish pike, lamprey, salent, porpos roasted, bak'd gurnet and baked lamprey. ❋ Robert May (N/A)

As the tide rises, lithe and glashin, brazers, gurnet, rock codling, and crowds of cuddings come here to feed, and the fisherman, on those rare days, when he can land at all, may count on bringing home with him great bunches of fish strung through the gills. ❋ George A. Birmingham (1907)

"If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a soused gurnet." ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

If that is not a great lesson for the young, as well as for the old, then write me down as a soused gurnet. ❋ Elbert Hubbard (1885)

- “If I be not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a souced gurnet,” says Falstaff; which shows that this fish has been long known in England. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

INGREDIENTS. — 1 gurnet, 6 oz. of salt to each gallon of water. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

"You hear what the gentleman says, Billy, you dirty little gurnet," said ❋ Unknown (1859)

The final letters give the _species_, and the initials the _specific fish_ indicated, thus: _Panjoo_ is whale, _Banjoi_ is skate, _Danjo_ is herring, _Kanja_ is gurnet, _Danji_ is sea-perch, _Danjai_ is eel, ❋ Eliezer Edwards (1853)

It is not a mackerel, nor a gurnet, nor a pollock. ❋ Charles Kingsley (1847)

The mussels were the largest we had ever seen, many of them being from five to six inches long: We caught also great plenty of fine, firm, red fish, not unlike a gurnet, most of which were from four to five pounds weight. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

The author describes the use of specific terms and the problems associated with them, beginning with the word swamp, which is followed by creek, folly, tump, and gurnet. ❋ Unknown (1998)

In 1776 The Massachusetts House of Representatives appropriated money for "repair to the gurnet at the entrance to Plymouth harbor." ❋ Unknown (1991)

The sandbar protecting Plymouth, Mass., harbor, named for its resemblance to a fish, the gurnet. ❋ Unknown (1991)

Example; "That Vanessa [Feltz] is a right old minx ey lads...she could [suck out] my rusty old [gurnet] any day"...followed by laughing and remarks degrading females. ❋ Fucktard500 (2011)

Q. Its your turn to to make [the tea]? A. Why don't you suck on my old gurnet([Bad example] but couldn't think of a [good one], lol) ❋ Dangerous.999 (2009)