单词 | goosey-gander |
释义 | > as lemmasgoosey-gander goosey-gander n. (from the nursery rhyme ‘Goosey goosey, gander, Whither did you wander?’). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) gooseOE Roger1567 foreman1622 gaggler1624 Tib of the butterya1640 goosey-gandera1816 a1816 J. Wolcot Elegy in Wks. (1816) IV. 368 Or where wert thou, O goddess of the fiddle? To suffer Air to join with Goosy Gander, Cock Robin, Horner, and High-diddle diddle. 1842 in Halliwell Nursery Rhymes 92 Goosy goosy gander! Where shall I wander? 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xlvii That goosey-gander Alwright. < as lemmas |
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