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nanny-goat

nanny-goat is the alternative spelling of nanny goat.

Meaning of nanny goat

Noun

nanny goat (plural nanny goats)

  1. (childish) A female goat.
    • Poor old Robinson Crusoe! / Poor old Robinson Crusoe! / They made him a coat / Of an old nanny goat, / I wonder how they could do so!1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 10
    Synonyms:
    nanny, she-goat

Forms of nanny-goat

pluralnanny-goats

Phrases with nanny-goat

Questions about nanny-goat

What is nanny-goat the alternative spelling of?
Nanny-goat is the alternative spelling of nanny goat.

Words near nanny-goat in the dictionary

  1. Nanny of the Maroons
  2. nanny shop
  3. nanny shops
  4. nanny state
  5. nanny states
  6. nanny-goat
  7. nanny-goats
  8. nannyberries
  9. nannyberry
  10. nannybot
  11. nannybush

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