/ · 1894 Brewer’s · P · Pluck his Goose
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Iʹll pluck his goose for him. That is: Iʹll cut his crest, Iʹll lower his pride, Iʹll make him eat umble pie. Comparing the person to a goose, the threat is to pluck off his feathers in which he prides himself.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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