nanny goat
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nanny-goat
IN BRIEF: n. - Female hollow-horned ruminant mammal.
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nanny-goat
nanny goat
1 coat
2 boat
3 rhymes with the Tote® the totalizator: a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake
1 coat
2 boat
3 rhymes with the Tote® the totalizator: a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake
| New and old, Named and shamed, mystery bags | |
| nav, ned kelly, needle |
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nanny-goat
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noun
1: to get (a person's) nanny-goat to get a person's goat (see at goatnoun ). Also to get (a person's) nanny. (1914 —) .
J. Minifie Take it easy, old boy.... Don't let them get your nanny (1972).
2: A totalisator. (1961 —) .
Daily Mail The poor old ailing Tote—the Nanny Goat, as they call it (1970).
[In sense 2, rhyming slang for tote.]
noun
1: to get (a person's) nanny-goat to get a person's goat (see at goat
J. Minifie Take it easy, old boy.... Don't let them get your nanny (1972).
2: A totalisator. (1961 —) .
Daily Mail The poor old ailing Tote—the Nanny Goat, as they call it (1970).
[In sense 2, rhyming slang for tote.]
| nancy, nance, nana | |
| nante, nap, napoo |
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