nanny goat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.1 Alternative forms
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  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Synonyms
    * 1.3.2 Antonyms
    * 1.3.3 Derived terms
    * 1.3.4 Translations

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• nanny-goat, nannygoat

nanny goat (plural nanny goats)

1. (childish) A female goat.
   • 1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England‎[1], 5th edition, page 10:
     Poor old Robinson Crusoe! / Poor old Robinson Crusoe! / They made him a coat / Of an old nanny goat, / I wonder how they could do so!
   • 1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:
     And later, at an opportune moment, when Franny was pretending to sample a cup of chicken broth, Mrs. Glass had climbed up on the window seats with the agility of a mountain nanny goat and stripped all three of the sash windows of their heavy damask curtains.

• nanny
• she-goat
• billy goat
• get someone's nanny-goat

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