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goose flesh
noun
- the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold, fear, etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae: so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl Also calledgoose bumpsgoose pimplesgoose skin
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Puckered with chills and goose-flesh, the fireside people huddled and sneezed around their respective hearths.
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Fake though he knew it to be, Cleek could not repress a swift rush and prickle of "goose-flesh" at sight of it.
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It makes goose-flesh come up all over just to think of having the tines of a pitchfork stuck into me.
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The very mention of—you know what follows sea-sickness—turns my very skin to goose-flesh.
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He received the most sordid avowals calmly, neither blaming Barnes nor indulging himself with mental goose-flesh.
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