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 Stub’ble Geese,Stuck Up. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Stuck Pig.
 
To stare like a stuck pig. A simile founded on actual observation. Of course, the stuck pig is the pig in the act of being killed. (See SIMILES.)   1
 


 Stub’ble Geese,Stuck Up. 

 
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