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gorǧe
n.
23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Gullet, esophagus, throat;
to the gorge
, up to the neck; (b) the front part of the neck, throat [see also
coupe gorge
]; (c) the crop of a bird;
gorge worm
a noxious worm that gets into a hawk's…
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