goose-flesher

noun

A frightening or thrilling work of fiction.

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Meanings

noungoose-flesher (plural goose-fleshers)

plural goose-fleshers

  1. slangA 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA frightening or thrilling work of fiction.

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spine-chiller

Origin

From goose flesh + -er.

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APA

goose-flesher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose-flesher

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“goose-flesher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose-flesher. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goose-flesher,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goose-flesher.

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