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
Ten minutes later, trundling it down a cinder path, his eye fell on an object lying beneath a gooseberry bush.
From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie
In April the bees will prove to you that honey may be gathered even from a gooseberry bush.
From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Roe, Mary A.
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