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Definition of Mother goose
1. Noun. The imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mother Goose
Literary usage of Mother goose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Books and Reading by William Finch Allen, Montrose Jonas Moses (1907)
"mother goose. There has been a sentimental desire on the part of many students
to trace the origin of mother goose to this country; but despite all effort ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"I am mother goose, a poor, simple old body, that makes verses to get ...
mother goose. I '11 whale you. Take that basket into the house and feed the dog, ..."
3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1891)
"mother goose belonged to a wealthy family in Boston, where her eldest ...
mother goose was the mother of twenty-one children, and hence we may easily trace ..."
4. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"MADISON AGONISTES; or, The Agonies of mother goose. Lend., 1814. 8vo. Cf., unc., by
P. Riach (Stevens copy), Wendell, G., Oct. IS, '19. (2426) $14.00. ..."
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