subs. (colloquial).—1. An anecdote.
1860. HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Season Ticket, No. 11. I’ll swop NANNY GOATS with you, and give you best when you tell the best one.
2. (military).—In pl. = The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly the Twenty-third Foot: the regiment has a pet goat which is led with garlanded horns and a shield at the head of the drums—how the custom arose is unknown. Also “The Royal Goats.”
