Word of the Day 10.21.08
gander
gan·der (g
n
d
r)
n.
1. A male goose.
2. Informal A look or glance: “Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels” Garrison Keillor.
3. Informal A simpleton; a ninny.
[Middle English, from Old English gandra; see ghans- in Indo-European roots.]
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