conger, who had not resumed his seat, but stood calmly gazing at the honorable gentleman from Virginia, exclaimed, with a piercing and ringing voice, "I hear them-even now."
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs
Farewell, mother, and tarry here no longer, For after prowess of chivalry I do both thirst and hunger: I will beat the knaves as flat as a conger.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
Proceeding by the whaler "Proteus" in August, 1881, to the waters of the Arctic zone, Greely reached his destination with but little trouble, and built a commodious and comfortable station on the shores of Discovery Bay, which he called Fort conger after a United States Senator from Michigan.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot