Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The China goose, Cygnopsis cygnoides, a large, long-necked goose of somewhat swan-like aspect, often seen in domestication. See cut under
Cygnopsis .
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Examples
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This, I do believe, is my horoscope for the next season: an Article on something about New-Year's-day (the Westminster Editor, a good - natured, admiring swan-goose from the North Country, will not let me rest); then Lectures; then -- what?
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Thomas Carlyle 1838
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This, I do believe, is my horoscope for the next season: an Article on something about New-Year's-day (the Westminster Editor, a good - natured, admiring swan-goose from the North Country, will not let me rest); then Lectures; then ” what?
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Carlyle, Thomas 1883
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