nanny goat

noun

1. a female goat.

nanny goat

noun

1. See billy goat
   a female goat Compare billy goat

Word History and Origins

Origin of nanny goat¹

1780–90 nanny

Example Sentences

Out th' window,' says I. Just thin Dorsey's nanny-goat that died next year put her head through th' dure.

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The children were charmed with nanny-goat's agility, clasped it in their arms, and begged that it might be left with them.

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Invariably it is implanted within twenty minutes of its removal from the nanny-goat.

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Now the Nanny Goat went out every morning to the pasture, leaving her twin kids in the cave.

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That don't bother me any more than it does a mountain to serve as a background for a nanny goat and a pair of sore-eyed mules!

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