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Goody-goody   /gˈʊdi-gˈʊdi/   Listen
Goody-goody

adjective
1.
Affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous.





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"Goody-goody" Quotes from Famous Books



... renominate Harwood it ought to give us a good line on the control of the next legislature," he told her. "A hobo and a goody-goody," he added, with scorn, "think they have stirred up a revolution, but they have another think coming." He had been calmed by her outwardly matter-of-fact acceptance of the situation. But he did not perceive the fires of her soul gleaming deep ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day
... is not a goody-goody, a prig, or a little Pharisee, but just healthy, happy, and ...
— Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year • E.C. Hartwell


Words linked to "Goody-goody" :   ass-kisser, lackey, toady, sycophant, good, crawler


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