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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Gander-cleugh.
 
Folly cliff; that mysterious land where anyone who makes a “goose of himself” takes up his temporary residence. The hypothetical Jedediah Cleishbotham, who edited the Tales of My Landlord, lived there, as Sir Walter Scott assures us.   1
 


 Gander (g hard).Gander-month. 

 
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