gander-mooner

gander-mooner
ganˈder-mooner noun (old US dialect)
A husband during his gander-moon
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Main Entry: ↑gander

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  • 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

  • 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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