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See also:goody-two-shoesandgoody two-shoes
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Fromgoody(“goodwife,obsolete title of respect for a woman”)+two+shoes.Generally considered to have originated with the title character inThe History of Little Goody Two-Shoes(1765), which indeed seems to be the source of its later use as a common noun with the present meaning. However, as a proper noun with implications of wealth rather than goodness, it is also found earlier, c. 1687, in the writings ofCharles Cotton:“Why, what then;Goody Two-Shoes,what if it be? / Hold you, if you can, your tittle-tattle, quoth he.”
Noun
[edit]goodytwoshoes(pluralgoody two shoes)
- (derogatory)Agoody-goody;a person who is exceptionally good and perhaps self-satisfied.
Synonyms
[edit]- (exceptionally good person):boy scout
Translations
[edit]goody-goody
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Further reading
[edit]The History of Little Goody Two-Shoeson Wikipedia.Wikipedia