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 Goods.Goodluck’s Close (Norfolk). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Goodfellow (Robin).
 
Sometimes called Puck, son of Oberon, a domestic spirit, the constant attendant on the English fairy-court; full of tricks and fond of practical jokes.   1
       
“That shrewd and knavish sprite
       
Called Robin Goodfellow.”
       
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream, ii. 1.
 


 Goods.Goodluck’s Close (Norfolk). 

 
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