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nanny goats

nanny goats is the plural 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

Questions about nanny goats

What is nanny goats the plural of?
Nanny goats is the plural of nanny goat.

Words near nanny goats in the dictionary

  1. nanny cams
  2. Nanny Cay
  3. nanny dog
  4. nanny dogs
  5. nanny goat
  6. nanny goats
  7. nanny nanny boo boo
  8. Nanny of the Maroons
  9. nanny shop
  10. nanny shops
  11. nanny state

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