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Definition of Geese

1. n. pl. of Goose.

Definition of Geese

1. Noun. (irregular plural of goose) ¹

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Definition of Geese

1. goose [n] - See also: goose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geese

Literary usage of Geese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"A cock and 2 hens, 8d.; 6 geese and stegs, a cock and 5 hens, 6s. ... 2 Turkey cocks, 3 geese and a gander, some goslings, 8 hens, and other poultry, 15s. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The gray-lag goose is the original of the domestic races of geese. ... The best-known wild geese in America are the Canada goose (Brania canadensis), ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"There are lots of geese both on the East and West sides of the Bay, but I believe that more pass on the East (Fort George side) than the other as the Coast ..."

4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Then we rowed to the Hand that lay in the middle, and there we found many Red geese-egges, which we saw sitting upon their Red Gene Nests, and drove them ..."

5. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"2 Best pair of turkeys 4 Second best pair of turkeys 2 Best pair of African geese 4 Second best pair of African geese 2 Best pair of Bremen geese 4 Second ..."

6. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"thus cries Gray the cook, " Two such beautiful geese is come! Only come and look! ... "Two fat geese, how genteel! Only think of this, miss ! ..."

7. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"A cock and 2 hens, 8d.; 6 geese and stegs, a cock and 5 hens, 6s. ... 2 Turkey cocks, 3 geese and a gander, some goslings, 8 hens, and other poultry, 15s. ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The gray-lag goose is the original of the domestic races of geese. ... The best-known wild geese in America are the Canada goose (Brania canadensis), ..."

9. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"There are lots of geese both on the East and West sides of the Bay, but I believe that more pass on the East (Fort George side) than the other as the Coast ..."

10. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Then we rowed to the Hand that lay in the middle, and there we found many Red geese-egges, which we saw sitting upon their Red Gene Nests, and drove them ..."

11. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1876)
"2 Best pair of turkeys 4 Second best pair of turkeys 2 Best pair of African geese 4 Second best pair of African geese 2 Best pair of Bremen geese 4 Second ..."

12. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"thus cries Gray the cook, " Two such beautiful geese is come! Only come and look! ... "Two fat geese, how genteel! Only think of this, miss ! ..."

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