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Definition of Gooneys
1. gooney [n] - See also: gooney
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gooneys
Literary usage of Gooneys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"For a week they subsisted on gooneys, taro root, cocoanuts and cocoanut milk,
... The gooneys were becoming shy and distrustful and the syndicate was ..."
2. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"Both species are about the size of a large goose and are called gooneys by the
sailors. They both follow vessels crossing the Pacific, for hundreds of miles ..."
3. Idylls of the Sea: And Other Marine Sketches by Frank Thomas Bullen (1904)
"The other members of the albatross family, who, with their chief (Diomedea exulans\
are all classed by whalers under the ugly name of " gooneys," bear few ..."
4. Idylls of the Sea by Frank Thomas Bullen (1899)
"The other members of the albatross family, who, with their chief (Diomedea exulans\
are all classed by whalers under the ugly name of "gooneys," bear few of ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1904)
"gooneys; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Shenandoah River in Warren County.
Goose; creek, a left-hand branch of Roanoke River, formed by two forks, ..."
6. The Tin Deposits of the York Region, Alaska, by Arthur James Collier (1904)
"gooneys; creek, a small right-hand tributary to Shenandoah River in War County.
Goose; creek, a left-hand brunch of Roanoke River, formed by two forks, ..."
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