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goer

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noun/ˈɡoʊɚ/
  1. 1

    One who, or that which, goes.

    • 1845, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Letter to Hannah Macaulay dated 19 December, 1845 in G. Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, New York: Harper, 1875, Volume 2, p. 149, Lord John has been all day in his inner library.
  2. 2

    Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully.informal

    • I bought her secondhand, but she's a good little goer.
  3. 3

    A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity.UKslang

    • Norman: Is your wife a ... goer ... eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge.
    • He winked at Parsons. "If I'm any judge, she must've bin a right little goer in 'er day."
  4. 4

    A foot (body part).obsolete

    • […] a double Mantle cast A’ thwart his Shoulders, his faire goers g[r]ac’st With fitted shooes; and in his hand, a Dart
  5. 5

    A horse, considered in reference to its gait.dated

    • a safe goer
  6. 6

    A fire incident in progress.slang

    • […] multiple calls on Southwark's ground. From the radio traffic it sounded like they had a goer.

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