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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024goose′ egg′, [Informal.]- Informal Termsthe numeral zero, often used to indicate the failure of a team to score in a game or unit of a game:a pitchers' duel, with nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard.
- Informal Termsa lump raised by a blow, esp. on the head.
- 1350–1400; 1885–90, American., for def. 1; Middle English: the egg of a goose
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