nanny goat


noun
  1. a female goat.

Origin of nanny goat

1
1780–90 nanny

Words Nearby nanny goat

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How to use nanny goat in a sentence

  • Out th' window,' says I. Just thin Dorsey's nanny-goat that died next year put her head through th' dure.

  • The children were charmed with nanny-goat's agility, clasped it in their arms, and begged that it might be left with them.

    Tales of My Time, Vol. 1 (of 3) | William Pitt Scargill
  • Invariably it is implanted within twenty minutes of its removal from the nanny-goat.

  • Now the nanny goat went out every morning to the pasture, leaving her twin kids in the cave.

    The Women of the Arabs | Henry Harris Jessup
  • That don't bother me any more than it does a mountain to serve as a background for a nanny goat and a pair of sore-eyed mules!

    The Red Acorn | John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for nanny goat

nanny goat

noun
  1. a female goat: Compare billy goat

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