goose-flesher
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Etymology
From goose flesh + -er.
Noun
goose-flesher (plural goose-fleshers)
- (slang) A frightening or thrilling work of fiction.
- 1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season:
- […] 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.
Synonyms
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