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