gander-month

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• gander-month — ganˈder moon or ganˈder month noun (old US dialect) The month of a wife s lying in, confinement to bed prior to childbirth • • • Main Entry: ↑gander …   Useful english dictionary

• gander-month —  the month in which the wife lies in. Derb …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• gander-mooner —    obsolete English    a husband copulating outside marriage    The month after the birth of a child was known as the gander month or gander moon, from the month during which the goose is sitting when the gander looks lost and wanders vacantly… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• gander-moon — ganˈder moon or ganˈder month noun (old US dialect) The month of a wife s lying in, confinement to bed prior to childbirth • • • Main Entry: ↑gander …   Useful english dictionary

• steg month —    obsolete    the period around childbirth when a husband might copulate extramaritally with relative impunity    From being a gander in northern English dialect, wandering about while the goose was hatching the goslings, a steg became an… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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