gaspergou

gaspergou
/gas'peuhr gooh"/, n., pl. gaspergous, (esp. collectively) gaspergou.
[1800-10, Amer.; < LaF casburgot, F casse-burgot, equiv. to cass(er) to break + burgeau a kind of shellfish]

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