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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A goody-goody.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, a nursery tale perhaps by Oliver Goldsmith.]
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