shoe-goose

English

Etymology

Corrupted form influenced by the familiar but irrelevant English words shoe and goose.

Noun

shoe-goose (plural not attested)

1. (India, obsolete) Alternative form of syagush

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “shoe-goose”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].