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wild·goosechase
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wildgoosechasenoun
A pursuit of something as unlikely to be caught as the wildgoose.
If our wits run the wildgoosechace, I have done; for thou hast more of the wildgoose in one of thy wits, than I have in my whole five. William Shakespeare.
Let a man consider the time, money, and vexation, that this wildgoosechace has cost him, and then say what have I gotten to answer all this expence, but loose, giddy frolick? Roger L'Estrange.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wildgoosechase in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wildgoosechase in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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