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billy goat

noun

  1. a male goat.
  2. Informal. goat ( def 6 ).


billy goat

noun

  1. a male goat Compare nanny goat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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What she does not get, though, is the way the governor of her state, Kristi Noem, talked about shooting her dog Cricket, as well as an unnamed billy goat, in her memoir, “No Going Back,” which came out yesterday.

The Curse of the Billy Goat, cast by a tavern owner on the Chicago Cubs in 1945 for the ejection of his pet goat from Wrigley Field, was followed by decades of futility before the Cubs won the World Series in 2016.

They worked for the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times and other newspapers, competing fiercely for the best images before adjourning for liquid therapy at the Billy Goat Tavern, a storied journalism watering hole.

The Curse of the Billy Goat plagued the Chicago Cubs for 71 years until Joe Maddon — remember him? — led them to a World Series title over the Cleveland Indians in 2016.

Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.

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