goose (n.)

goose (v.)

While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!"

"See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Man. Epistle iii. Line 45.

The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Deserted Village. Line 232.

The boy hath sold him a bargain,—a goose.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Love's Labour's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Let there be gall enough in thy ink; though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 2.