nanny goat
Noun
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Noun
nanny goat (plural nanny goats)
- A female goat.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- And later, at an opportune moment, when Franny was pretending to sample a cup of chicken broth, Mrs. Glass had climbed up on the window seats with the agility of a mountain nanny goat and stripped all three of the sash windows of their heavy damask curtains.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- French: chèvre, bique (colloquial)
- German: Geiß (Austrian, Swiss, South German), Mutterziege, Zicke, Ziegenweibchen
- Italian: capra
- Portuguese: cabra
- Russian: коза́
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