pick gooseberry
English
Verb
pick gooseberry (third-person singular simple present picks gooseberry, present participle picking gooseberry, simple past and past participle picked gooseberry)
- Synonym of play gooseberry
Related terms
- gooseberry-picker (“chaperone”)
References
- “pick gooseberry” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 419.