blue goose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of blue goose
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Audubon experts are satisfied that the blue goose is one American wildfowl that has not decreased in numbers in recent years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago he was searching for blue goose eggs, and Dr. J. Dewey Soper of the Canadian Department of the Interior found them first.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man came from Malden to buy a blue goose.
From The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Wright, Blanche Fisher
Beneath the spring of the rainbow, for the benefit of those who could not read, was a huge blue goose floating aimlessly in a sheet of bluer water.
From The Blue Goose by Nason, Frank Lewis
Every day I had to watch the blue goose, and bring in her egg before it was chilled, carrying it carefully so it would not be jarred.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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