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Goggle-eye   /gˈɑgəl-aɪ/   Listen
noun
Goggle-eye  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family Centrarchidae, esp. Chaenobryttus antistius, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and Ambloplites rupestris, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; so called from their prominent eyes.
(b)
The goggler.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Goggle-eye" Quotes from Famous Books



... of company at the wood-heap, but the consolation was doubtful in character. Goggle-Eye and three other old black fellows were gossiping there, and after a peculiar grin of welcome, they expressed great fear lest the homestead should be attacked by "outside" blacks during the Maluka's absence. "Might it," they said, and offered to sleep in the garden near ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... er steal My best "goggle-eye!"—but you Can't lay hands on joys I feel Nibblin' like they ust to do! So, in memory, to-day Same old ripple lips away At my cork and saggin' line, ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) • Various



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