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Is there anything particularly loose about a goose — or does that idiom exist only because it rhymes? Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo investigate. Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios Production. Episode 295: "Loose as a Goose." With Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo. Edited and produced by Mike Vuolo. Produced by Livia Bloom Ingram. All rights reserved.
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In the parlance of the ballplayers, he is as loose as a goose.
“loose as a goose, remarked one of the firemen with a wink as he pointed to Mr. Hogue's head.”
“for some reason, the puh sound seemed to want to go with Mikey, like Mander goes with Xander, and I think like loose goes with goose.”
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