ansericide

Noun

ansericide (uncountable)

1. (rare) The killing of a goose.
   • The major was such a man, and he did not make any attempt to invite Honoria to repose on his chest until he had calculated how far such a step would resemble the killing of the goose to which he was indebted for golden eggs - an act of ansericide that he had not the remotest intention of being...1868, Tom Hood, chapter 41, in A Golden Heart, London: Chapman and Hall, page 282
   • The constant answer of Capital when confronted with demands for increases of wages in the old days was what in Fabian circles is described as the plea of "ansericide," the killing of the goose that lays the golden eggs.1920, Alfred Emmott, Nationalization of Industries: A Criticism, London: T.F. Unwin Limited, page 7