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green goose en · NOUN
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A young goose, especially under four years old.
The Spring is neare when greene geese are a breeding.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:My green Goose for this last Entertainment cost but 15s.
1793 April 4, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:
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(archaic) A fool, a simpleton.
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