Citations:meese

English citations of meese

1. (chiefly humorous) Plural form of moose.
   • 1896: Bernard Christian Steiner of the Maryland Historical Society, Archives of Maryland, volume 15 (Maryland Historical Society)

     […] meese are not liveing among them or within their knowledge, That the two Indians […]

   • 1904: Life, volume 43, page 211 (Life Magazine, Inc.)

     I rowed around the lake for hours and saw no meese (geese is plural for goose, so I guess meese is all right), when on the right bank, through the brown […]

   • 1993: Arnold B. Kanter, Advanced Law Firm Mismanagement, page 64 (Catbird Press; ISBN 0‒945774‒20‒6)

     “Absolutely not; every animal rights group in the country will be boycotting us if we meet at the Moosetoe. Meese are a protected species and their toes are very rare.”