goujon

[ goo-juh n ]

/ ˈgu dʒən /

Origin of goujon

1880–85, Americanism; < Louisiana French, French: gudgeon¹

Goujon

[ goo-zhawn ]

/ guˈʒɔ̃ /

Jean

[zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/,c1510–c1568, French sculptor.

Three kilometres up-river is a little riverside inn called the "Goujon de l'Oise."

The Automobilist Abroad |M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Romme, Goujon and the others stand ranked before a swiftly-appointed, swift Military Tribunal.

The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle
Lescot's and Goujon's beautiful faade (p. 173) is now before us.

The Story of Paris |Thomas Okey
I shall get hold of Goujon; that's simple and direct enough for me.

Martin Hewitt, Investigator |Arthur Morrison

The detail was actually by Goujon, whose design it was, under the oversight of the master architect.

Royal Palaces and Parks of France |Milburg Francisco Mansfield

goujon

/ (ˈɡuːʒɒn) /

a small strip of fish or chicken, coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried

French, literally: gudgeon