goose grease
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goose grease
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
Example Sentences
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The boys rowed into the wind dressed in sweat shirts, their legs slathered in goose grease.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Or, “Beetle, I am taking the comfrey tonic to Joan At-the-Bridge. See you finish boiling the goose grease for ointments.”
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
But he made a meal, and we thought to skim the goose grease off the top of the water.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“Reshi? Would you get me some goose grease, garlic, mustard Do we have any of those green things that smell like onions but aren’t?”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
We have also found the anointing of the external and internal parts with goose grease, which has been thoroughly washed in several hot waters, to be very soothing and efficient in speedily allaying all irritation.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys
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