Definition of Nanny-goat

1. Noun. Female goat.

Exact synonyms: Nanny, She-goat
Terms within: Bag, Udder
Generic synonyms: Caprine Animal, Goat

Definition of Nanny-goat

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of nanny goat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nanny-goat

nanmu
nanna nap
nannan
nannans
nannas
nanner
nannetticafruits
nannie
nannied
nannies
nannofossil
nannofossils
nannoplankton
nannoplanktons
nanny
nanny-goat (current term)
nanny cam
nanny cams
nanny goat
nanny state
nanny states
nannyberries
nannyberry
nannycam
nannycams
nannydom
nannygai
nannygais
nannygoat
nannying

Literary usage of Nanny-goat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contemporary French Novelists: And Other Tales from India by William Henry Denham Rouse, William Crooke, William Heath Robinson, René Doumic, Mary D. Frost (1922)
"The Tigress had two tiger- cubs ; and the family of the nanny-goat were four ... But the Tigress was jealous of her friend the nanny-goat, because Nanny had ..."

2. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
"Well, nanny-goat came back with a different pair of pants, ... He was running it back fine when Greasy appeared, and then nanny-goat stopped and said "Down. ..."

3. Keeping Up with William: In which the Honorable Socrates Potter Talks of the by Irving Bacheller (1918)
"... WERE A nanny-goat AND GO OFF AND I^EAVE IT "Truth is a great teacher but she often quarrels with the cook," said Mr. Potter, while looking at his watch. ..."

4. Lincoln by Edward Harold Mott (1909)
"i^uman THE Loss OF " TAD'S " NANNY GOAT. (From a letter to Mrs. Lincoln, ... Tell dear Tad poor " Nanny Goat" is lost, and Mrs. Cuthbert and I are in ..."

5. The McCloskey Primer by Margaret Orvis McCloskey, Charles Copeland (1909)
"THE BILLY GOAT AND NANNY GOAT The billy goat sitteth and weepeth; He hath sent the nanny goat after nuts; She hath gone away and disappeared. ..."

6. The Thompson Readers: Book One by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1917)
"cried Billy-goat, and he ran off to tell nanny-goat. Billy-goat found nanny-goat back of the barn eating anything she could find. " Good day, nanny-goat," ..."

7. Jewish Code of Jurisprudence: Talmudical Law Decisions, Civil, Criminal and by Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Jacob Louis Kadushin (1921)
"If the dog and the nanny goat jump from down to up and they break the vessels the owner must pay only half damages when the nanny goat was climbing and ..."

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