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Goody   /gˈʊdi/   Listen
adjective
Goody  adj.  Weakly or sentimentally good; affectedly good; often in the reduplicated form goody-goody. (Colloq.)


noun
Goody  n.  (pl. goodies)  
1.
A bonbon, cake, or the like; usually in the pl. (Colloq.)
2.
(Zool.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.


Goody  n.  (pl. goodies)  Goodwife; a low term of civility or sport.





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"Goody" Quotes from Famous Books



... her—you see! She's the best little sport there is in the class. She's scarcely had a mark against her, yet she's no goody-goody. ...
— A Little Miss Nobody - Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall • Amy Bell Marlowe
... dong,—dong,—dong. Nobody has unlocked the church-door. I know that, for I am locked up in the vestry. The old tin sign, "In case of fire, the key will be found at the opposite house," has long since been taken down, and made into the nose of a water-pot. Yet there is no Goody Two-Shoes locked in. No one except me, and certainly I am not ringing the bell. No! But, thanks to Dr. Channing's Fire Alarm,[M] the bell is informing the South End that there is a fire in District Dong-dong-dong,—that is ...
— The Man Without a Country and Other Tales • Edward E. Hale
... forgets that Shahrazad is telling the story to the king, as Boccaccio (ii. 7) forgets that Pamfilo is speaking. Such inconsequences are common in Eastern story-books and a goody-goody sentiment is always heartily received as in an ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton
... "Oh, goody, goody, will you really, mother?" she cried. "I've always wanted to go to one of Alice's picnics!" Which was perfectly true. You see, the little group of girls of which Alice was a member, often had gay picnic parties and ...
— Mary Jane: Her Book • Clara Ingram Judson
... views of life they present ought to be within the reach of children; these stories ought to be well constructed and well written; they ought to be largely objective stories; they ought not to be introspective, morbid or abnormal in any way. Goody-good and professionally "pious" stories, sentimental or unreal stories, ought to be rigorously excluded. A great deal of fiction specially written for children ought to be left severely alone; it is cheap, shallow and stamped with unreality from cover to cover. It is as unwise to feed ...
— Famous Stories Every Child Should Know • Various


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