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good people

British  

plural noun

  1. folklore fairies

"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

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I've got a lot of good people around me.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“They fired their best people at FDA and hired some good people and weird people and whatever,” McAfee said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Taxes are anxiety-producing, which is why good people like you use CPAs when they probably don’t need to pay for them.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

But the brief callout has stirred the good people of Massachusetts into a militant defense of the brand.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Soon after, when he was alone with me, he said, “I have, doubtless, excited your curiosity, as well as that of these good people; but you are too considerate to make inquiries.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley