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goose grease ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the melted fat of the goose, used in domestic medicine as an ointment.
Origin of goose grease late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for goose grease Historical Examples of goose grease
There is goose-grease in a box, if the old scars ache at the turn of the weather.
Arthur Conan Doyle
However, she sent me a bottle of goose-grease to ward off colds from the “kinder.”
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Goose-grease is well enough, but hot mutton taller is better yet.
Katharine Holland Brown
Give them air and sunlight, and away with your goose-grease.
A. D. Crabtre
Dear Mrs. Louderer, with her goose-grease, her bread, and her delicious “kuchens.”
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Elinore Pruitt Stewart