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- noun Plural form of
gobemouche .
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Examples
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Again the "gobemouches" trout, the fellows on the look-out for novelty, dashed up and swallowed disappointing juiceless morsels, and with them swallowed hooks.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, a popular English prank was to invite gobemouches literally, a kind of flycatcher.
Archive 2009-03-01 Joanna Waugh 2009
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, a popular English prank was to invite gobemouches literally, a kind of flycatcher.
April 1st -- Feast of Fools Joanna Waugh 2009
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These people are great gobemouches; they always report the most incredible things.
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828
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