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goose
A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
goose
n. English bird-name. The Australianspecies are – – Cape Barren Goose – – Cereopsis novae-hollandia...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
goose
A tailor's smoothing-iron. It is a jocular saying that 'A tailor, be he ever so poor, is always sure...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Brand goose
·- A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. ·see <<Brant>>. ...

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Ember-goose
·noun The loon or great northern diver. ·see <<Loon>>. ...

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Goose egg
·add. ·- In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; — so named in allusion to the egglike outli...

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Goose-rumped
·add. ·adj Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; — said of ce...

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Imber-goose
·noun The loon. ·see Ember-goose. ...

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Sea goose
·- A <<Phalarope>>. ...

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Solan goose
·- The common gannet. ...

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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2. ...

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Wayz-goose
·noun A stubble goose. II. Wayz-goose ·noun An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing o...

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Goose Alley
South out of Bow Churchyard to Twelve Bell Court. In Cordwainer Ward (Boyle, 1799). First mention: ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Goose Lane
See Goose Alley, Bow Churchyard. ...

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goose riding
A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high post...

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greenwich goose
A pensioner of Greenwich Hospital. ...

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strangle goose
A poulterer. ...

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taylors goose
An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes. ...

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colonial goose
n. a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
goose-teal
n. the English name for a verysmall goose of the genus Nettapus. The Australianspecies are – – Gree...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
magpie-goose
n. a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...

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to goose boots
To repair them by putting on a new front half way up, and a new bottom. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
gone goose
'It's a gone goose with him,' means that he is past recovery. The phrase is a vulgarism in New Engla...

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goose-grass
goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N. ...

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cole-goose
A name for the cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). ...

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dunter-goose
A name in the Orkneys for the Somateria mollissima, or eider-duck. ...

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ember-goose
(OR IMBER?) A name for the great northern diver or loon (Colymbus glacialis). ...

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gone-goose
A ship deserted or given up in despair (in extremis). ...

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goose-neck
A curved iron, fitted outside the after-chains to receive a spare spar, properly the swinging boom, ...

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horie-goose
A northern name for the Anser bernicla, or brent-goose. ...

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rood-goose
A name for the brent-goose. ...

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sly-goose
A northern term for the sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser. ...

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solan-goose
The gannet, Sula bassana, a well-known sea fowl, frequenting the coasts of many countries in the nor...

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Wild Goose Court
See Wingoose Alley. ...

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wild-goose chase
A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cape-barren goose
n. See goose. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]: «The `Cape B...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog. ...

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goose without gravy
A severe starting, so called because no blood followed its infliction. ...

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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...

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Goose Alley, Fleet Market
See Braziers' Buildings. ...

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Fox and Goose Inn, Yard
On the south side of London Wall, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799), between Col...

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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...

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such a reason pist my goose
or MY GOOSE PIST Said when any one offers an absurd reason. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose