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colonial goose

colonial goose noun: a roast leg of lamb or mutton, boned and stuffed with honey, dried apricots, etc., and marinated with red wine.

Noun

colonial goose (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) A roast leg of lamb or mutton, boned and stuffed with honey, dried apricots, etc., and marinated with red wine.

Origin of colonial goose

For the colonial pioneers, this dish often replaced the traditional goose, which was relatively scarce in New Zealand.

Questions about colonial goose

What does colonial goose mean?
Colonial goose means a roast leg of lamb or mutton, boned and stuffed with honey, dried apricots, etc., and marinated with red wine.
What part of speech is colonial goose?
Colonial goose is a noun.

Words near colonial goose in the dictionary

  1. colonial bent
  2. colonial blue
  3. colonial blues
  4. colonial empire
  5. colonial empires
  6. colonial goose
  7. colonial lag
  8. Colonial Revival
  9. Colonial Revivals
  10. colonial salmon
  11. colonialisation

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