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Meanings of goose skin in English

Portuguese
pele de galinha
Catalan
pell de gallina
Spanish
piel de gallina

Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.

pele de galinha
Usage of goose skin in English
1
He took his robe and his goose skin and went away.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
2
A considerable amount of subcutaneous fat always remains, and worse, the basting seriously softens goose skin, which should be crackling crisp.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
3
For, if to raise a goose skin on the reader be the aim of art, Mr. Conway must be regarded as a real artist.
Reviews
4
All the people were laughing at her on account of her strange dress,- agooseskin around her head, and a badly tanned robe about her.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
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