gosling
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a gosling
a baby goose (a kind of water bird related to the ‘ducks’)
Figures of Speech:
1. as weak as a midsummer gosling
1. as weak as a midsummer gosling
2. goslings lead the geese to water [said of the children or the young who show more initiative than the old]
Note: ‘Gosling’, always with a capital ‘G’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Paul Gosling, Anthony Gosling, Wendy Gosling, etc. For an article that describes the origin of this word as a surname, please click here.
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