subs. phr. (old).—A foolish fellow: a simpleton; also TAME-FELLOW (B. E.) = ‘tractable, easy, manageable.’
1604. The Case is Altered [E.E.T.S.], cxxxviii. I say, cast away: yea vtterly cast away vpon a Noddy, a Ninny-hammer, a TAME-GOOSE.
