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Definition of Gouging
1. gouge [v] - See also: gouge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gouging
Literary usage of Gouging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1821 gouging, familiarly attributed to us by some of your writers, ... 1823 [I
was] well pleased to turn my back on all the spitting, gouging, ..."
2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"gouging was always permissible. Every bully grew a long thumb-nail or finger-nail
for that very purpose, and when he had his opponent down would surely use ..."
3. Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America: From by Edward Strutt Abdy (1835)
"—Staunton—Cure for Love—Slaves in the Valley. —Education prohibited Purity of
Breakfast-table.—Natural Bridge Whipping and gouging— ..."
4. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"... much frightened ; got there ; deceased was gouging prisoner in the eyes, and
she making outcries ; made him stop ; became vexed, and insisted upon ..."
5. Men and Times of the Revolution: Or, Memoirs of Elkanah Watson, Includng by Elkanah Watson, Winslow Cossoul Watson (1856)
"... Tour in Georgia—Warmth of Season—gouging Match—Amusing Scene— Indians—Little
Carpenter—Port Royal Island—Cotton Picking by Hand—Eli Whitney's Cotton ..."
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