ETYMOLOGY
? from goose (a foolish person) + noodle (a stupid or silly person); second syllable unknown
EXAMPLE
“… for “The Maister” seldom came there until much later in the evening, when he knew he should find some of those peculiarly constituted individuals there, whom Alrina generally designated “goostrumnoodles,” and whom he seldom found much difficulty in frightening to his heart’s content. …”
From: The Wizard of West Penwith,
A Tale of the Land’s-End,
By William Bentinch Forfar, 1871
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