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nanny-goat|ˈnænɪgəʊt|
[f. the feminine name Nanny: cf. billy-goat.]
1. A she-goat.
1788T. Day Hist. Little Jack (1820) 55 Telling me that my father was a beggar man and my mother a nanny-goat. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 250 We have purchased an ancient goat—a nanny-goat—so that we may be able to go a-milking upon occasion. 1888Freeman in Stephens Life (1895) II. 388 A nanny-goat that I had.
2. An anecdote. slang.
1843T. C. Haliburton Attaché 1st Ser. II. vii. 114 The old knight's got an anecdote.., and nanny-goats ain't picked up every day in country. c1895F. M. Ford Let. (1965) 8 That is a subject abt. which I have a nanny goat to commence the next chapter with & it is reserved.
3. to get (a person's) nanny-goat: to get one's goat (see goat 3 c). Also, to get (a person's) nanny. slang.
1914R. Lardner in Sat. Even. Post 15 Aug. 9/3 ‘Good night, Horseshoes!’ he says. That got my nanny up this time. ‘Shut up, you lucky stiff!’ I says. 1928E. Wallace Double xi. 122 ‘She was most kind and gracious—recognised me in an instant. Didn't mention you, by the way,’ he dug Dick in the ribs playfully. ‘That's got your nanny-goat!’ 1972J. Minifie Homesteader xvii. 143 Take it easy, old boy... Don't let them get your nanny.
4. A totalisator. slang.
1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1194/2 Nanny-goat, totalisator... Rhyming on tote. 1970Daily Mail 10 Mar. 8/6 The poor old ailing Tote—the Nanny Goat, as they call it. |