| 单词 | gander-month |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgander-month gander-month n. the month after a wife's confinement (? allusion to the gander's aimless wandering while the goose is sitting). ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > time after limita1616 gander-montha1632 month1631 steg-month1828 puerperium1845 gander-moon1886 a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) ii. i. 82 Is't Gander moneth with him? a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. i. 40 in Five New Playes (1659) I'le keep her at the least this Gander moneth, While my fair wife lies in. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Gander Month, that month in which a man's wife lies in: wherefore, during that time, husbands plead a sort of indulgence in matters of gallantry. < as lemmas |
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