gooseberry bush
Britishnoun
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See gooseberry
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used humorously in answering children's questions regarding their birth
Example Sentences
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Now it is entwined with my gooseberry bush, and once a week I rip out the wandering stems before their white blossoms turn into seedy berries.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2017
This year she is not planting anything new, just watering her perennials, like kales and her giant cape gooseberry bush.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2015
Her father recovered; Selma struggled on and one day her uncle discovered her poring over the Book of Revelation under a gooseberry bush.
From Time Magazine Archive
But let me tell you you won't find fellows like me growing on every gooseberry bush.
From The Privet Hedge by Buckrose, J. E.
Miss Muffet crept out from under the gooseberry bush, and flew across to the tuft of grass.
From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.
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