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gouger

US // (ˈɡaʊdʒə) //

抠脚大汉,刮刀,抠门者,抠门的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or tool that gouges
    • : Irish dialect a low-class city lout

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inswindler

Examples

  • Mr. Gouger, a young merchant residing at Ava, was then with us, and had much more reason to fear than the rest of us.

  • But the next day Mr. Gouger's property, to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, was taken and carried to the palace.

  • He had worked as a gouger for a while when the blocks were bought up.

  • Mr. Roseleaf, sitting upright, in an attitude of strained attention, inquired what Mr. Gouger meant.

  • Mr. Gouger, though feeling that it was best to use little circumlocution, had not meant to wound his caller.