or peak-goose, subs. phr. (old).—A silly fellow: a general term of reproach: see BUFFLE and CABBAGE-HEAD.—COTGRAVE (1611); B. E. (c. 1696).

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  1570.  ASCHAM, The Scholemaster, 48.

        If thou be thrall to none of these,
Away, good PEAKGOOSE, away, John Cheese.

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  1606.  CHAPMAN, Monsieur D’Olive, iii. Respect’s a clowne supple-jointed, courtesie’s a very PEAGOOSE.

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  1622.  FLETCHER and MASSINGER, The Prophetess, iv. 3. ’Tis a fine PEAK-GOOSE.

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  1653.  URQUHART, Rabelais, III. xii. The phlegmatic PEAGOOSE Asopus.

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