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goose
n. English bird-name. The Australianspecies are – – Cape Barren Goose – – Cereopsis novae-hollandia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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colonial goose
n. a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-teal
n. the English name for a verysmall goose of the genus Nettapus. The Australianspecies are – – Gree...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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magpie-goose
n. a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gone goose
'It's a gone goose with him,' means that he is past recovery. The phrase is a vulgarism in New Engla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cape-barren goose
n. See goose. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]: «The `Cape B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose