E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Goats.
(Anglo-Saxon, gt.)
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The three goats. A public-house sign at Lincoln, is a corruption of the Three Gowts, that is, drains or sluices, which at one time conducted the waters of a large lake into the river Witham. The name of the inn is now the Black Goats.
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