gottle o' geer

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1. Stereotypical phrase spoken by the dummy of an incompetent ventriloquist

   ‘And a gottle of gear,' said Watson, trying to disguise himself as a dummy.

   1992, Spike Milligan, William McGonagall: Freefall, Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 109

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   Buyer beware: if you think this is a history of end-of-pier gottle of geer merchants, think again

   2001 January 13, Brian Boyd, “Not only here for the geer [Review of Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism]”, in The Irish Times, page 15

   On the same bill was a ventriloquist called Arthur Worsley, who had a doll with the catchphrase 'gottle of geer'.

   2016, Pat Stewart, The Girl in the Spotty Dress - Memories From The 1950s and The Photo That Changed My Life, Kings Road Publishing, →ISBN