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Goosebumps or goose skin is an old name for human skin when the thinly spaced hairs on the arm stand up, usually when it is cold or someone is startled.

The widely spaced bumps in the skin look very similar to the skin of a goose (or any poultry, but geese were commonly eaten by the peasant class and therefore seen more often) that has been killed and had the feathers plucked off.

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