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- noun Alternative spelling of
goat rope .
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Examples
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Today was a bit of a goat-rope, as the electronic exhaust fan timer the electrician had ordered when the first one didn't work wouldn't work either.
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To my eyes, there was either clear intent to double list or the whole process is such a goat-rope that noone can be sure of anything coming out of it.
Fraud in Texas? "It looks like there was data entry error. You ended up being coded as BOTH a Hillary Clinton and a Barack Obama delegate." Ann Althouse 2008
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Users should not have to go through a goat-rope to gain control of the finder window views in System Leopard.
MacFixIt 2009
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Our Beloved Corps is taking some hits over what is being billed as an acquisitions goat-rope concerning the newest fast attack vehicle, the Growler (shown below towing a 120mm mortar from
Op For 2009
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