gudgeon
[noun]
Synonyms: fool, chump, dupe, fall guy, fish, gull, pigeon, sap, saphead, sucker

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gudgeon verb. ['gʌdʒ(ǝ)n] L18.
[from GUDGEON noun².]
1. verb intrans. Become a dupe. slang. Only in L18.

2. verb trans. Defraud of; delude into. L18.

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gudgeon noun¹. ['gʌdʒ(ǝ)n] ME.
[Old French goujon dim. of gouge GOUGE noun.]
1. A device attached to a gate etc. incorporating a ring or socket into which the pin or hook on the post fits so as to form a hinge. ME.

2. A metallic pin or other device for screwing together slabs of stone. ME.

3. A pivot, usu. of metal, fixed on or let into the end of a beam, spindle, axle, etc., and on which a wheel turns, a bell swings, or the like. LME.

4. Nautical. The socket in which the pintle of a rudder turns. M16.

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gudgeon noun². ['gʌdʒ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Old French goujon from Latin gobio(n-), from gobius GOBY.]
1. A small European freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, used as bait. LME.
b. = GOBY noun. L16-M19.

2. fig. A person easily imposed on; a dupe. L16.

3. A thing that is swallowed greedily or credulously; a bait. Chiefly fig., esp. in gape for gudgeons, swallow a gudgeon. L16.

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