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goody-two-shoes

The definition of a goody two shoes is a person who always does everything right and always follows the rules, so much so that it becomes annoying.

(noun)

An example of a goody two shoes is a person who always sits in front, waves her hand to answer every question in class and tattle tales on people on the playground.

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See goody-two-shoes in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective, noun

Informal goody-goody

Origin: after Goody Two-Shoes, heroine of a Brit children's story (1766)

See goody-two-shoes in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. goody two-shoes goody two-shoes
Informal
A goody-goody.

Origin:

Origin: After the title character in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, a nursery tale perhaps by Oliver Goldsmith

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