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Saturday | 6 Aug 2022
Wayzgoose
[weyz-goohce]
Noun
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- Definition
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An annual outing and dinner for the staff of a printing works or the printers on a newspaper.
- Examples of word Wayzgoose in a sentence
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“By the second year, the wayzgoose had evolved into a show where printers displayed and sold their work to an interested public.”
- Did you Know?
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Although the origin of the word “wayzgoose” is not exactly clear, the most probable origin for the word “wayzgoose” is the early Modern Dutch word “weg(s)huis”, meaning “way house”which refers to an inn and was figuratively was for “a banquet.”
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