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Bean Goose (The)

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A migratory bird which appears in England in the autumn of the year, and is so named from a mark on its bill like a horsebean. It is next in size to the Grey Lag-goose. The term comes from the northern counties where the bean (goose) is common.

“Espèce dʹoie dont les mandibules sont taillées en forme de féveroles.”—Royal Dictionnaire.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Beadle
Beadsman or Bedesman
Beak
Beaker
Beam
Beam (of a stag)
Bean
Beans
Bean Feast
Bean Goose (The)
Bean-king (The)
Bear (A)
Bear (The)
Bear (To)
Bear of Bradwardine (The)
Bear Account (A)
Bear Garden
Bear-leader
Bears are caught by Honey
Beard