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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The OED lists only two goggle-eyed fish: goggle-eyed Jack and goggle-eyed pike.

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goggle-eyed adjective
Having prominent, staring or rolling eyes; also, squint-eyed. Also figurative.
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goggle-eyed pike, the pike-perch, Stizostedion americanum (or S. vitreum).
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Here is a citation for goggle-eyed perch in 1854. I do not know the
scientific name of this fish. So I do not know if it is related to the
goggle-eyed pike.

Date: September 1, 1854
Newspaper: Republican Banner (The Tennessean)
Newspaper Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Article: A Visit To The Highlands
Quote Page 2, Column 4
Database: Newspapers.com

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/46957445/

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At the foot of the largest falls, deep broad pools are formed, where
sportsmen frequently resort to catch the mountain trout and
goggle-eyed perch. Taken as a whole, the wild and variegated scenery
reaches the sublime.
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Garson

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 3:03 AM John Doe <aidanfoutsisjohndoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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