Will Have a Gander?

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Look At, Glance At, as in Will You Take a Gander at That Woman's Red Hair! This Slangy Slangy "Kiki" (Alternately Kiking or a Ki) Is a Term Which Grew out of...

Will Have a Gander?

Look at, glance at, as in Will you take a gander at that woman's red hair! This slangy

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"Kiki" (alternately kiking or a ki) is a term which grew out of Black LGBTQ American social culture, and is loosely defined as a gathering of friends for the purpose of gossiping and chit-chat, and later made more widely known in the song "Let's Have a Kiki" by the Scissor Sisters.
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idiom, dating from the early 1900s, presumably came from the verb gander, meaning “stretch one's neck to see,” possibly alluding to the long neck of the male goose.

Is a gander a guess?

Does Gander mean Guess? Take a gander is defined as to make an attempt or venture a guess. An example of take a gander is when someone asks if you want to try to answer a hard question in a trivia game, or help to solve a puzzle that is being done.

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Is a gander a walk?

from The Century Dictionary.

noun The male of the goose. To go leisurely; linger; walk slowly or vaguely.

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