gooseberry bush
under a gooseberry bush used humorously in answering children's questions regarding their birth
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How to use gooseberry bush in a sentence
Hang me to a gooseberry bush if I do not tell Anna Pappenheim of it ere to-morrow's sunset.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettIt was a very large and very ugly caterpillar, hanging to a twig of the gooseberry bush.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881 | VariousSo next day they came again into the garden, and looked under the gooseberry bush.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881 | VariousTwo children, a brother and a sister, were half hidden under the drooping branches of a large gooseberry bush.
Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham PiersonThat was why Mr. and Mrs. Robin worked so especially hard all morning, and made so many trips in under the gooseberry bush.
Dooryard Stories | Clara Dillingham Pierson
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