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  • If the victim gets suspicious they can be easily subdued, if the Gouger is caught in the act the Injured Party is unlikely to go to court, if they do go to court they can be ripped to shreds on the stand by any half qualified solicitor.

    It Can’t Be……….. But It Is! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Clearly, a man such as Gouger was in Jamaica for the simple reason that he faced gaol or the gallows elsewhere.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • When Tom King faced the Woolloomoolloo Gouger, twenty years before, he knew that the Gouger's jaw was only four months healed after having been broken in a Newcastle bout.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • When Tom King faced the Woolloomoolloo Gouger, twenty years before, he knew that the Gouger's jaw was only four months healed after having been broken in a Newcastle bout.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • And he had played for that jaw and broken it again in the ninth round, not because he bore the Gouger any ill-will, but because that was the surest way to put the Gouger out and win the big end of the purse.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • And he had played for that jaw and broken it again in the ninth round, not because he bore the Gouger any ill-will, but because that was the surest way to put the Gouger out and win the big end of the purse.

    A PIECE OF STEAK 2010

  • Twenty years ago he faced the Woolloomoolloo Gouger and broke the Gouger's jaw in the ninth round, but that was twenty years ago and King tires easily now, can no longer fight hammer and tongs as when a youth, has no sparring partner, and thinks how much he wishes he had a piece of steak.

    “Samuel! There was a rolling wonder in the sound. Ay, there was!” 2008

  • And he had played for that jaw and broken it again in the ninth round, not because he bore the Gouger any ill-will, but because that was the surest way to put the Gouger out and win the big end of the purse.

    Knowing the Game and Playing It : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2009

  • Also, in Chinatown on Gouger St, lots of really fantastic dumplings!

    Adelaide - Wine & Chocolate Niki 2005

  • Gouger made a sound that might have been a snort if he'd had a nose.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

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