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A word of several meanings (love those kind of words):
a. a male goose (‘what’s good for the goose…’) – no
b. a ‘ninny’ – also love this word as it’s affectionate condescension at its best, but … no
c. town in Newfoundland, Canada – spent six months in NL and … NO!
In The Literary Shed’s context, ‘gander’ is slang for a ‘glance’ or ‘quick intense look from a goose-like stretched neck’. I use ‘gander’ a lot in this form.
Example usage:
‘Take a gander at her shoes.’
or, if you’re Garrison Keillor: ‘Everyone turns and takes a gander at the yokels’.
An aside – but another example of male goose usage from 1916.
‘Old Mother Goose
When she wanted to wander
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.’