Goose grease

“Barby ought to be well rubbed with goose grease,” mother said, and she looked hard at Jimmy. Jimmy didn’t like to be rubbed with goose grease, so he felt sorry for Barby.

that he will stick by a friend and lie his head off if necessary when the friend is in a jam, that he laps up goose grease and even the cruder forms of blandishment, that he always has one or more favorite wrongdoers who he insists are all right,

“I’m a big girl, Kip. I don’t–” “Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. Just don’t forget he’s got a line as smooth as goose grease.”