goody-goody
Americannoun
plural
goody-goodiesadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of goody-goody
First recorded in 1870–75; reduplication of goody 2
Example Sentences
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A: I didn't want to make him too good, goody, goody good.
From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2013
"What do we shriek," asked Actress Chase, "goody, goody?"
From Time Magazine Archive
He now punctuates Hannibal's low-slung, threatening sentences with "okeydokey" and "goody goody."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Do you think I’m going to play the goody goody ‘lalerperlooser’?
From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André
Frederic Harrison calls Evangeline "goody, goody dribble!" and Quiller-Couch in his anthology gives three pages to Longfellow and seven to Wilfred Scawen Blunt—but who is Blunt?
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts
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