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Meanings of silly goose in English

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Usage of silly goose in English
1
Why, you silly goose, there won't be any raids this winter.
Harvest
2
But you don't have to pay me, silly goose, I said.
She, myself & i
3
But just to prove to you what a silly goose I am, I'll show you something.
Still Jim
4
It was he who warned that silly goose!
Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox
5
You think I'm a silly goose, don't you?
Snow-Blind
6
Father was angry and said to Inspee: You silly goose, don't fill her head with such stuff.
A Young Girl's Diary
7
I'm just a silly goose, that's all.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
8
Elenia's husband is still active for her, though quietly, and Arymilla has announced a claim, the silly goose.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
9
So I just hollered after him, and tried to let the silly goose know we didn't mean to hurt him.
In Camp on the Big Sunflower
10
Ah, the silly goose!
The Return of the Native
11
Susan thought Miss Arabella a bit of a silly goose, but making up an Irish duke was behaving beyond goosey.
Four dukes and a devil
12
A certain infinitesimal amount of quill-tornfrom the silly goose for no purpose whatsoever but to minister to the high needs of Man.
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
13
But she thrust the thought away, and apostrophised herself for a silly goose, who deserved to get hurt if she had not more sense.
Winding Paths
14
That silly goose, Evelyn Crowborough, would have taken her in, but I had a few words with Crowborough, and he put his foot down.
Lady Rose's Daughter
15
The goose is thought to be a silly bird, and hence the expression, 'You silly goose,' or 'You stupid goose,' as applied to a person.
Welsh Folk-Lore / a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of ...
16
Then she said, " Silly goose," and turned to Manners.
Aladdin O'Brien
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