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
He did not see her until he was close, for a tangled gooseberry bush stood between them.
From The Ranch at the Wolverine by Bower, B. M.
The importance of being surrounded by a ring of infants, teaching the alphabet, guiding them round the gooseberry bush, or leading their songs and hymns, was felicity indescribable to Maria.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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