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goose flesh

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noun

  1. Also called: goose bumps.   goose pimples.   goose skin.  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

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My limbs, clad in the comforter that is my post Labor Day inside outfit, are studded in goose flesh.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2023

Sacred geese A diet of goose flesh may help polar bears survive global warming Hats off Spanish has more native speakers than any language other than Mandarin.

From Economist • May 30, 2013

Ms. Portman is dabbed with stage blood and digital goose flesh, stalked and spied on by the camera, wrapped in the jumped-up Tchaikovskian wail of Clint Mansell’s score.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2010

A modern German theologian, Rudolf Otto, was convinced that the goose flesh people feel at horror movies was the symptom of primitive religious experience.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ranofer sat straight up, the goose flesh rising on his arms and little trickles running down his spine.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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