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English
Noun
wild goose chase (plural wild goose chases)
- Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase
1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 230, 231, 232, 233:"I'm inquiring after a Miss Tomson, please. I don't know the number of her apartment."
"Nobody here called Tomson. Does she have a dog?"
"Goliath was his name."
"Well, you want Dizzy Darling. The model. But if she's who you're looking for she still ain't here. She's nearly gone two months. Just a minute I'll look here and see if I can find a forwarding address. Nope. Don't see a forwarding address. Sorry you come on a wild goose chase. Here, have a piece of chewing gum."
"Thank you."