have a gander

have a gander
Australian Slang
have a look

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  • have a gander at — have/​take a gander at spoken old fashioned phrase to look quickly at something Thesaurus: to look at someone or something quicklysynonym Main entry: gander …   Useful english dictionary

  • Have a gander — have a look …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • have a gander (at something) — have/take a ˈgander (at sth) idiom (informal) to look at sth Main entry: ↑ganderidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • gander — 1. noun a) A male goose. Have a gander at what he’s written. b) A fool, simpleton Syn: butchers, butchers hook 2 …   Wiktionary

  • gander — n a look. The word, which is usually part of phrases such as take/have a gander at this , comes from the bird s charac teristic craning of the neck …   Contemporary slang

  • gander — Noun. A look. E.g. Will you have a gander at my job application letter, and check it for spelling mistakes? …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • gander — /ˈgændə / (say ganduh) noun 1. the male of the goose. –phrase 2. take (or have) a gander at, Colloquial to take a look at. {Phrase Origin: US slang (1900s) {Middle English; Old English gan(d)ra, from variant of Germanic *gans goose} …  

  • Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador — Infobox Settlement official name = Gander other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = pushpin pushpin… …   Wikipedia

  • Gander International Airport — Infobox Airport name = Gander International Airport IATA = YQX ICAO = CYQX type = Public owner = Transport Canada [ [http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/Airports/Status/menu.htm Airport Divestiture Status Report] ] operator = Gander International… …   Wikipedia

  • Gander — Recorded as Gander and sometimes Gandar, this is a very interesting English surname. It is either a metonymic and if so would have denoted a keeper of geese, or possibly it was a nickname given to a person who had the characteristic traits of a… …   Surnames reference

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