We're the good old ganders that keep the geese together.
"Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon 1893"
Hall Caine
The foxes escape, and our poor ganders suffer!
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman
And it might be some enterprisin' old goose-raiser a-tellin' his oldest boy the best way to save the white wings of ganders.
"Samantha at the World's Fair"
Marietta Holley