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gos⋅ling

  [goz-ling]
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–noun
1. a young goose.
2. a foolish, inexperienced person.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME goselyng; see goose, -ling 1 ; c. ON gæslingr
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gos·ling   (gŏz'lĭng)   
n.  

  1. A young goose.

  2. A naive or inexperienced young person.


[Middle English, variant (influenced by gos, goose) of gesling, from Old Norse gæslingr, diminutive of gās, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]
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