Usually means: Person who is excessively virtuous.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. Goody Two-shoes, goody-two-shoes: Merriam-Webster
  2. goody two-shoes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. goody two-shoes: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. goody two-shoes, goody two-shoes: Collins English Dictionary
  5. goody-two-shoes, goody two-shoes, goody two shoes: Wiktionary
  6. goody-two-shoes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. goody two shoes: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. goody-two-shoes, goody two-shoes, goody two shoes: Dictionary.com
  9. goody-two-shoes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Goody Two Shoes (EP), Goody Two Shoes (song), Goody Two-Shoes (song), Goody Two Shoes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Goody Two-Shoes: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. Goody Two-Shoes: The Word Detective
  13. goody two-shoes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Goody two shoes: World Wide Words

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Goody Two Shoes: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. goody two-shoes: A Word A Day
  2. goody two-shoes: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. goody-two-shoes: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Goody Two-Shoes, goody two shoes: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (goody two shoes)

▸ noun:  (derogatory) A goody-goody; a person who is exceptionally good and perhaps self-satisfied.

Similar:
goody two-shoes, goody goody, goody-goody, goop, goosy, goo-goo, goony, gooney, goonie, cutesy-poo, more...

Opposite:
rebel, delinquent, troublemaker, hooligan, rogue

Types:
overachiever, teacher's pet, brown-noser, rule follower, conformist, perfectionist, people pleaser, kiss-up, more...

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Similar:
goody two-shoes, goody goody, goody-goody, goop, goosy, goo-goo, goony, gooney, goonie, cutesy-poo, more...

Opposite:
rebel, delinquent, troublemaker, hooligan, rogue

Types:
overachiever, teacher's pet, brown-noser, rule follower, conformist, perfectionist, people pleaser, kiss-up, more...



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