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Goody-goody   Listen
noun
goody-goody  n.  A person who is weakly, sentimentally, or affectedly good; a goody-goody person; sometimes used to refer to person who acts with good intentions but who bunglingly does more harm than good. The latter may sometimes be deprecatingly referred to as a goo-goo. (Colloq.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Goody-goody" Quotes from Famous Books



... not the heroine; I am only the goody-goody girl," laughed Vinnie. "When you see beauty, talent, accomplishments,—that's Grace. I am glad they are getting on so ...
— The Young Surveyor; - or Jack on the Prairies • J. T. Trowbridge



Words linked to "Goody-goody" :   good, lackey, toady



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