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Meanings of good excuse in English

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Usage of good excuse in English
1
It wasn't a very good excuse, but Angel could work with it.
Fang: a maximum ride novel
2
Everyone accepted that that was a pretty good excuse for extreme paranoia.
The evolutionary void
3
He followed me around looking for a good excuse to do it.
Turn coat
4
It will give me a good excuse to buy a fur-lined parka.
Down river
5
And a good excuse not to carry your share of the load.
Her mother's hope
6
The want of a good excuse never kept a villain from crime.
Aesop's Fables; a new translation
7
It will be a good excuse in regard to all future babies.'
John Caldigate
8
If so, we have a good excuse for browbeating the poor Baconians.
Yet Again
9
I hesitated, but I could think of no good excuse for refusing.
The Deluge
10
They only wanted a good excuse to put their humiliations upon me.
The Eternal City
11
We had a good excuse to be away, as mother was packing.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
12
No big deal, go to a bar, good excuse for a party.
Terminal Compromise
13
He'd better have a pretty goddamn good excuse for calling his daughter-
Hostile intent
14
No room for complacency, then; but still, a good excuse for a party.
The Guardian
15
Fiddling with it gave me a good excuse to look down.
Living dead in dallas
16
That gave me a good excuse not to study with Judith.
Be Careful What You Wish For...
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common