Meaning of gottle o' geer | Babel Free

Definitions

Stereotypical phrase spoken by the dummy of an incompetent ventriloquist

Examples

“‘And a gottle of gear,' said Watson, trying to disguise himself as a dummy.”

“Buyer beware: if you think this is a history of end-of-pier gottle of geer merchants, think again”

“On the same bill was a ventriloquist called Arthur Worsley, who had a doll with the catchphrase 'gottle of geer'.”

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