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Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:30 am
by ragartan
Hello everyone,
what is meant by one of the random street names: Long-goose?
I'm no native speaker and couldn't find a special meaning (even in slang dictionaries, etc.). Does it refer just to the animal or is there another meaning?
Thanks,
Alex
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:39 am
by finarvyn
I think it's a style of men's winter coat. I'm not familiar with any Lankhmar-specific meaning.
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:58 am
by ragartan
You mean like a shorthand for a long goose down coat?
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:40 pm
by finarvyn
Exactly. That's the only reference for "long goose" that I can think of.
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 12:31 pm
by GnomeBoy
Maybe it meant something to Leiber?
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:34 am
by ragartan
I searched the ebooks (also for similiar terms and only goose) and it is no term from Leibers stories.
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:44 am
by ragartan
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goose
There‘s meaning 4 which might make more sense in context of Lankhmar and Leibers stories.
Re: Roadname term "Long-goose"
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:40 pm
by finarvyn
Nice, and not at all what I was expecting!
