shoe-goose
shoe-goose is the alternative form of syagush.
Meaning of syagush
Noun
syagush (plural syagushes)
- Synonym of caracal.
- 1774?, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
The jackall, the syagush, the wolf, and the dog, are of this kind; they pursue with patience rather than swiftness; their prey flies at first, and leaves them for miles behind; but they keep on with a constant steady pace […]
- Synonyms:
- caracal
- 1774?, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
Origin of shoe-goose
Corrupted form influenced by the familiar but irrelevant English words shoe and goose.
Questions about shoe-goose
- What is shoe-goose the alternative form of?
- Shoe-goose is the alternative form of syagush.
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