"wigwam for a goose's bridle" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1954, Moore Raymond, Smiley, page 41:",
          "text": "\"Where you goin'?\" he called.\n\"To git a wigwam for a goose's bridle!\" yelled Smiley insolently, recalling one of the sayings of Granny McKinley, the oldest inhabitant.",
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          "ref": "1989, Di Brown, Angry Women: An Anthology of Australian Women's Writing, page 44:",
          "text": "When he wasn't at work he was usually off to see a man about a horse or to buy a wigwam for a goose's bridle. But he never brought the horse home like I asked him to, though we had a big enough backyard.",
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          "text": "A well known 'family saying' is the mysterious 'Wigwam for a goose's bridle', said by adults to curious children who ask once too often 'What are you making?'",
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        "(Australia) A notional object put forward as an explanation when asked about something one does not want to tell."
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