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gosling

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gos·ling  (gzlng)
n.
1. A young goose.
2. A naive or inexperienced young person.

[Middle English, variant (influenced by gos, goose) of gesling, from Old Norse gæslingr, diminutive of gs, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]

gosling [ˈgɒzlɪŋ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a young goose
2. an inexperienced or youthful person
[from Old Norse gæslingr; related to Danish gäsling; see goose1, -ling1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.goslinggosling - young goose                          
goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
Translations
gosling [ˈgɒzlɪŋ] Nansarino m

gosling [ˈgɒzlɪŋ] noison m
go-slow [ˈgəʊsləʊ] n (British)grève f perlée

gosling
njunge Gans, Gänschen nt

gosling
n gosling [ˈgozliŋ]
a young goose. jong gans فَرْخ أوزه млада гъска house gæsling das Gänslein χηνάκι ansarino, ansarón hanepoeg جوجه غاز hanhenpoika oison אַווָזוֹן हंस का बच्चा gušče, guščica kisliba anak angsa gæsarungi papero がちょうのひな 거위 새끼 žąsiukas zoslēns anak angsa gansje gåsunge gąsiątko gansinho boboc de gâscă гусёнок húsa(tko) goska gušče gässling ลูกห่าน kaz palazı/yavrusu 小鵝 гусеня کم عمر ہنس ngỗng non


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" he asked of Berthier (whom he subsequently termed "that gosling I have made an eagle").
The little one, accustomed to be left to itself for long hours without notice from its mother, squatted down on the sack, and spread its tiny hands towards the blaze, in perfect contentment, gurgling and making many inarticulate communications to the cheerful fire, like a new-hatched gosling beginning to find itself comfortable.
was in good spirits his appetite was good he liked the cookery he considered the wine weak but palatable and all was well, we returned to the immediate neighbourhood of Number Thirty Little Gosling Street London Docks and settled down, ere we had yet fully detected the housemaid in selling the feathers out of the spare bed Gout flying upwards soared with Mr F.
 
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