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goose-fleshers

goose-fleshers is the plural of goose-flesher.

Meaning of goose-flesher

Noun

goose-flesher (plural goose-fleshers)

  1. (slang) A frightening or thrilling work of fiction.
    • […]the best thing to do is to curl up with a good goose-flesher and try to forget, and fortunately I had packed among my effects one called Murder at Greystone Grange.1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season
    Synonyms:
    spine-chiller

Questions about goose-fleshers

What is goose-fleshers the plural of?
Goose-fleshers is the plural of goose-flesher.

Words near goose-fleshers in the dictionary

  1. goose wings
  2. goose-drownder
  3. goose-drowner
  4. goose-drowners
  5. goose-flesher
  6. goose-fleshers
  7. goose-grass
  8. goose-grasses
  9. goose-ish
  10. goose-like
  11. goose-pen

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