nanny goat

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noun

a female goat.

Origin of nanny goat

1780–90 nanny

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One of these rays dazzled the eyes, and another kissed the lips of a Nanny-goat.
The Lonely Island
R.M. Ballantyne
"Gladly will I, sister," said honest Nanny-goat, thinking no evil of her friend.
The Talking Thrush
William Crooke
Sure I knowed the ould Yahoo hadn't the price of a nanny-goat.
The Turn of the Road
Rutherford Mayne
And hang not knowing, anyway, just what nanny-goat's milk would do for a typhoid patient!
The Sick-a-Bed Lady
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
But the Tigress was jealous of her friend the Nanny-goat, because Nanny had four young ones, while she had only two.
The Talking Thrush
William Crooke

British Dictionary definitions for nanny goat

nanny goat

noun

a female goatCompare billy goat

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nanny goat

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Examples from the Web for nanny goat

Historical Examples

One of these rays dazzled the eyes, and another kissed the lips of a Nanny-goat.

"Gladly will I, sister," said honest Nanny-goat, thinking no evil of her friend.

Sure I knowed the ould Yahoo hadn't the price of a nanny-goat.

And hang not knowing, anyway, just what nanny-goat's milk would do for a typhoid patient!

But the Tigress was jealous of her friend the Nanny-goat, because Nanny had four young ones, while she had only two.

nanny goat

Origin of nanny goat