Meaning of ansericide | Babel Free

Definitions

The killing of a goose.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“The major was such a man, and he did not make any attempt to invite Honoria to repose on his chest until he had calculated how far such a step would resemble the killing of the goose to which he was indebted for golden eggs - an act of ansericide that he had not the remotest intention of being guilty of.”

“The constant answer of Capital when confronted with demands for increases of wages in the old days was what in Fabian circles is described as the plea of "ansericide," the killing of the goose that lays the golden eggs.”

“His sight of what went on in the shrine and the ansericide were both unintentional slights.”

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