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单词 goosegog
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goosegogn.

Brit. /ˈɡʊzɡɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈɡʊzˌɡɑɡ/
Forms: English regional 1800s– goosegog; Australia 1900s– goosgog.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: goose n., an element of uncertain origin.
Etymology: < goose n. + a second element of uncertain origin (perhaps a variant or alteration of gob n.1 or bob n.1), ultimately as an alteration of gooseberry n. Compare English regional goose-gob, goose-bob gooseberry (19th cent. or earlier).
A widespread local form for gooseberry.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > gooseberry
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dewberry1578
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feaberry1597
goosegog1823
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > gooseberry
gooseberry?1533
groser1548
St John's berry1561
dewberry1578
thorn-grape1578
feaberry1597
pearl gooseberry1688
wineberry1703
dayberry1736
honey-blob1746
blobc1750
groset1786
goosegog1823
Worcesterberry1923
golden berry1930
1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 159 Gusegog, a gooseberry—also gew-gog.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Goose-gog, a gooseberry; particularly when ripe.
1864 Mrs. H. Wood William Allair iv Green goosegogs.
1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box xcix Gertie's growing goosegogs for the Ghurkas.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iv. 82 Goog, an egg (a word formed perhaps on the sense of gog, in goosgog, a gooseberry; U.S. slang has googs, spectacles—in all these cases roundness is implied).
1959 B. Kops Hamlet of Stepney Green i. 13 Redcurrants and black-currants and golden goosegogs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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