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Definition of goose egg noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

goose egg

noun
 
/ˈɡuːs eɡ/
 
/ˈɡuːs eɡ/
(North American English, informal)
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  1. a score of zero in a game
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: with reference to the shape of the zero; compare with duck ‘a score of zero in cricket’.
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