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Judas goat
[ joo-duhs goht ]
noun
- a goat that has been specially trained to lead sheep or other livestock, especially to the slaughtering place in a stockyard or meat processing facility:
Some smaller meat packing plants still use Judas goats.
Instead of opting for Judas goats, his farm uses the most responsive cow in each pasture group to drive the others when itās time to move.
- a goat, fitted with a radio transmitter, that is released in an area to find and join a herd of wild goats, guiding conservationists to their location by means of the radio signal: used to control populations of wild goats considered invasive and destructive:
The park currently serves as home to three Judas goatsāagents of an effort to protect the local ecosystem.
- a person who betrays followers or dependents, often unwittingly as the tool of an enemy:
Some say the leader of the union is a Judas goat, far too cozy with management and making too many compromises.
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of Judas goat1
Example Sentences
Campbellās Ph.D. project was the development of the Mata Hari goatāa variation on the Judas goat, which was developed in the 1980s.
Reviled by old allies on the right ā āJudas goat!ā
āThen, if youāre going to run for elected office after being a Secretary of State, and if you criticize the administration youāre serving, you look like a Judas goat. You kind of inherit all of the mistakes made in the administration. Youāre kind of in a box. It puts you in a straitjacket.ā
Judas_Goat well had the security guard not WWF off-the-rope-tackle-slammed the fan, the piano wouldn't have fell over. all the fan did was hug Bieber. all the security guard had to do was kindly escort the fan off the stage. all that tackling he did was excessive and unnecessary.
Shying away from the blatant racism of the late Matt Murphy, who defended Wilkins at the last trial, Attorney Arthur Hanes told the jury it had to choose between the "Judas goat," Gary Rowe, and the "scapegoat," Collie Wilkins.
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