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Brewer's: Goat and Compasses
A public-house sign in the Commonwealth; a corruption of “God en-compasses [us].” Some say it is the carpenters' arms—three goats and a chevron. The chevron being mistaken for a pair of compasses.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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