1889. Modern Society, 12 Oct., p. 1264. An enthusiastic lady cricketer has just bowled over Mr. Jones in a matrimonial match. ‘No, Mr. Brown, I cannot marry you. You score a gooser this time.’
Goose-flesh (or Goose-skin), subs. (colloquial).—A peculiar tingling of the skin produced by cold, fear, etc.; the sensation described as ‘cold water down the back’; the creeps (q.v.).
1824. Miss Ferrier, Inheritance, ch. ii. Her skin began to rise into what is vulgarly termed goose-skin.
Goose-gog (or Goose-gob), subs. (common).—A gooseberry.
Goose-grease, subs. phr. (venery).—A woman’s spendings (q.v.). See Goose, subs., sense 6.
Goose-month, subs. (old).—The lying-in month. Cf., Gander-month.
Goose-persuader, subs. (common).—A tailor. For synonyms, see Snip.
Gooser, subs. (popular).—1. A settler; a knock-out blow; the act of death. See Dig and Wipe.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, Lond. Lab. and Lond. Poor, vol. III., p. 133. It was he who saved my life. If it hadn’t been for him it would have been a gooser with me.
1857. Morning Chronicle, 9 Sept. In the event of my getting a gooser.