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
It's no use a-chasin' me round this 'ere gooseberry bush.
From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert
A hundred man-steps from here a little snail with a house is sitting on a gooseberry bush.
From Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
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