单词 | goose-yoke |
释义 | > as lemmasgoose-yoke goose-yoke n. U.S. a yoke to hamper the movements of a goose. ΚΠ 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. xv. 149 A ‘variety store’, offering for sale every possible article of merchandise, from lace gloves to goose-yokes, ox-chains, [etc.]. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends iii. 48 One half of it [sc. a building] was sparsely occupied with..fishhooks, log chains, goose yokes, etc. 1879 B. F. Taylor Summer-savory xvii. 138 And you find it, the variety store of a hundred years ago, where needles and crowbars, goose yokes and finger-rings, liquorice-stick and leather are to be had for cash or ‘dicker’. 1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 2/3 Go show your grandmother how to make a goose-yoke. < as lemmas |
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