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goose egg
CIDE DICTIONARY
goose egg,
- In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also
duck egg . [Webster 1913 Suppl.] - A bump on the skin caused by a blow, especially one on the head. [PJC]
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goose egg
Zero
N zero, nothing, null, nul, naught, nought, void, cipher, goose egg, none, nobody, no one, nichts, nixie, nix, zilch, zip, zippo, not a soul, ame qui vive, absence, unsubstantiality, not one, not a one, not any, nary a one, not a, never a, not a whit of, not an iota of, not a drop of, not a speck of, not a jot, not a trace of, not a hint of, not a smidgen of, not a suspicion of, not a shadow of, neither hide nor hair of.For further exploring for "goose egg" in Webster Dictionary Online