gaspergou
[ gas-per-goo ]
/ ˌgæs pərˈgu /
noun, plural gas·per·gous, (especially collectively) gas·per·gou.
Origin of gaspergou
1800–10,
Americanism; < Louisiana French
casburgot, French
casse-burgot, equivalent to
cass(er) to break +
burgeau a kind of shellfish
Words nearby gaspergou
gasp,
gaspar,
gasparovic,
gasper,
gaspereau,
gaspergou,
gaspé,
gaspé peninsula,
gassed,
gassendi,
gasser
Example sentences from the Web for gaspergou
Mama cook lots of gaspergou and carp and the poisson ami fish, with the long snout—what they call gar now.
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