pick gooseberry

obsolete To act as a chaperone or escort for a young couple for whom being left alone would be seen as improper. The old matron insisted on picking gooseberry whenever the young maiden wished to spend time with her male suitor.

See also: gooseberry, pick

See also:

do gooseberry
see (one) to (some place)
see to
take (one) through (something or some place)
take through
land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss
land so poor you couldn't raise a fuss on it
walk out with
walk out with (someone or something)
see up to

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