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Synonyms for gander

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gan-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæn dər

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Définition of gander

Origin :
  • Old English gandra "male goose," from Proto-Germanic *gan(d)ron- (cf. Dutch gander, Middle Low German ganre), from PIE *ghans- "goose" (see goose (n.)). OED suggests perhaps originally the name of some other water-bird and cites Lithuanian gandras "stork." Sometimes used 19c. like stag in reference to single men or male-only gatherings. Meaning "a long look" is 1912, from gander (v.).
  • noun glance
Example sentences :
  • What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander: take that in your thought too.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He did not dare to go out for fear the gander would bite him again.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • The goose and gander heard it too, and ran and looked down into a deep hole.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Nurse had gone down cellar and the gander was in the goose-house.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Nurse picked Tommy up and shut the door so the gander could not get in.
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • "What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander," retorted Winterton.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 1, 1914 » by Various
  • Sauce for the Clyde goose is not sauce for the Caithness gander.
  • Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
  • We have left them a goose and a gander, which they take a great delight in.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora » by Edward Edwards
  • I only wish—— But never mind, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 » by Various
  • "Father bought three geese and a gander from Ike Helm," she said.
  • Extract from : « Blue-Bird Weather » by Robert W. Chambers
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