goose grease

Noun

goose grease (uncountable)

1. Fat derived from geese.
2. (dated) An emollient, ointment, liniment, or lubricant containing or resembling such fat.
   • “Barby ought to be well rubbed with goose grease,” mother said, and she looked hard at Jimmy.
   • Jimmy didn’t like to be rubbed with goose grease, so he felt sorry for Barby.1927 January 27, Frances Margaret Fox, “Jimmy’s Little Dog and the Baby Bears”, in Youth’s Companion, page 79
3. (broadly, informal) Smooth talk, fast-talking, flattery.
   • that he will stick by a friend and lie his head off if necessary when the friend is in a jam, that he laps up goose grease and even the cruder forms of blandishment, that he always has one or more favorite wrongdoers who he insists are all right,1933, Stanley Walker, The Night Club Era, published 1999, page 162
   • “I’m a big girl, Kip. I don’t–”
     “Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. Just don’t forget he’s got a line as smooth as goose grease.”1987, Delaney Devers, Places in the Heart, page 86