Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A parish cage, or small temporary prison.
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Examples
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Then the miller said, “We cannot have him here in the mill, for he is so ragged; he is lying in the goose-house.”
Household Tales 2003
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Next morning, when the goose-girl came to let out the geese, she heard the Priest bemoaning himself as he lay in the sack in the goose-house.
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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So they gave him a mouthful of food outside, and at night, when they went to rest, the two others would not let him have a bed, and at last he was forced to creep into the goose-house, and lie down on a little hard straw.
Household Tales 2003
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Ive nice jobs you could be doing, gathering shells to make a whitewash for our hut within, building up a little goose-house, or stretching a new skin on an old curragh I have, and if my hut is far from all sides, its there youll meet the wisest old men, I tell you, at the corner of my wheel, and its there yourself and me will have great times whispering and hugging .
Act Two John Millington 1911
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I've nice jobs you could be doing, gathering shells to make a whitewash for our hut within, building up a little goose-house, or stretching a new skin on an old curragh I have, and if my hut is far from all sides, it's there you'll meet the wisest old men, I tell you, at the corner of my wheel, and it's there yourself and me will have great times whispering and hugging ....
The Playboy of the Western World; a Comedy in Three Acts 1907
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At last he flung him into the Governor's goose-house, and the geese began to hiss and peck at him, till he felt more dead than alive.
Red Fairy Book 1890
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Next morning, when the goose-girl came to let out the geese, she heard the Priest bemoaning himself as he lay in the sack in the goose-house.
Red Fairy Book 1890
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Oh, Boots had just left him down in the goose-house.
The Wonder Clock 1887
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When Boots came to the king's castle he laid the councillor down in the goose-house, and then he went to the king.
The Wonder Clock 1887
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"Two old geese are sitting on eggs in a goose-house, under the shed, near the barn," Ellen said.
bilby commented on the word goose-house
Is this where a wild goose chase starts, or where it ends? Discuss.
February 19, 2024