American Meaning: The name Ashley is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Ashley is: Lives in the ash tree grove. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English word for ash wood. Famous bearer: Ashley, the male character in Margaret Mitchell's popular 'Gone with the Wind'.merican Meaning: The name Ashley is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Ashley is: Lives in the ash tree grove. Derived from a surname and place name based on the Old English word for ash wood. Famous bearer: Ashley, the male character in Margaret Mitchell's popular 'Gone with the Wind'.
hoganâs goat. The phrase like Hoganâs goat refers to something that is faulty, messed up, or stinks like a goat. The phrase is a reference to R.F. Outcaultâs seminal newspaper comic Hoganâs Alley, which debuted in 1895. The title of the strip changed to The Yellow Kid the following year.
: a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur. 2. a: one that bears the blame for others b: one that is the object of irrational hostility.