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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  

  1. see have a good time.

Example Sentences

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That’s a good time to go through their gifts and spend a Saturday afternoon drinking sparkling wine or lemonade and writing thank-you cards.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

“That song is a reminder that everybody wasn’t having a good time in 1968 when we launched the first Apollo missions. People were struggling,” Glover told Space.com.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Was there someone who ... was powerful who let him off the hook, and I just thought it was a good time to take a new look at it like a cold case detective would.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This could be a good time for investors to get exposure to Berkshire.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

That moment would have been a good time to have a pile of straw beneath me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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