[Ads-l] Antedating of "goggle-eyed pike" (OED 1890)

John Doe aidanfoutsisjohndoe at GMAIL.COM
Tue Jun 18 07:01:00 UTC 2024


c. 1857 Jan Will. Wills Old Times Charley [...] began to consider visitors
[...] as intruders and nuisances come to interrupt the completion of a
magnificent goggle-eyed pike fly, as large as a sparrow[.]
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Old_Times_a_novel_With_illustrations_by/TElWAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22goggle-eyed+pike%22&pg=RA1-PA343&printsec=frontcover

(Approx. date comes from the cover of the issue that contains cite, as well
as the front-matter for book, which says it was bound in Feb. 1857. Any
proof of my claim would be greatly appreciated.)

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