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Definition of
goody-two-shoes noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
goody-two-shoes
noun
noun
(
pl.
goody-two-shoes
)
(
informal
)
(
disapproving
)
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a person who always behaves well, and often has a disapproving attitude to people who do not
See
goody-two-shoes
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