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    good time
    noun
    time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.
  • good-time
    good-time
    adjective
    (of a person) wildly seeking pleasure
Synonyms

good time

American  

noun

Prison Slang.
  1. time deducted from an inmate's sentence for good behavior while in prison.


good-time British  

adjective

  1. (of a person) wildly seeking pleasure

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

good time Idioms  

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This could be a good time to buy the dip on a top-notch utility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Galaxy’s addition of an AI compute arm comes at a good time.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But this is a good time to look at a 12-month chart through May:

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

"It was not a nice time, not a good time and I hated it," Humphrys told his podcast.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

There is never a good time to get sick, but this is a particularly bad time.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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