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adjective

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

noun

Goody n. (pl. goodies)

A bonbon, cake, or the like; usually in the pl. (Colloq.)

(Zool.) An American fish; the lafayette or spot.

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

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Etymology of 'Goody'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Goody" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Oh, goody!" she cried, tilting on her toes. "I'll ask all the girls to come see, but they needn't stick in! We can get along without them, ...

— Freckles • Gene Stratton-Porter

... so much more than you do," said Susy. "I used to wash dishes and scour knives when I was four years old, and that was the time I learned you to walk, Prudy; so you ought to play with me, and be goody." ...

— Little Prudy • Sophie May

... periods for nature study and language, and every other Friday we used these two periods for the Audubon Class. The children were always anxious for the Audubon Fridays to come. They used often to ask, 'Is to-morrow Bird Day, Miss Beth?' and if I answered in the affirmative, I heard 'Oh, goody,' [248] and 'I won't forget to wear my button,' and 'I wonder what bird it will be,' from every side. Rarely ever did we have an absent mark on ...

— The Bird Study Book • Thomas Gilbert Pearson

... am going to try if I can't agree with goody Moore for lodgings and other conveniencies ...

— Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) • Samuel Richardson

... the rice and attended to all the other domestic concerns, the brother and sister, Ch'ing Erh and Pan Erh, the two of them, had no one to look after them. (Hence it was that) Kou Erh brought over his mother-in-law, old goody ...

— Hung Lou Meng, Book I • Cao Xueqin

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