subs. (common).—A booby, male or female; a NOODLE. For synonyms, see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.
1593. G. HARVEY, Pierce’s Supererogation, in wks. II., 72. A foole, an idiot, a dolt, a GOOSE-CAPPE, an asse.
1604. DEKKER, The Honest Whore, in wks. (1873), ii., 81. Out, you guiles, you GOOSE-CAPS, you gudgeon-eaters!
1622. BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, Beggar’s Bush, iv., 4. Why, what a GOOSE-CAP wouldst thou make me!
1763. FOOTE, The Mayor of Garratt, Act i. My husband is such a GOOSE-CAP that I can’t get no good out of him at home or abroad.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. A silly fellow or woman.
