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Meanings of goody in English
Russian
гуди 
Irish dessert-like dish made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices; often given to children or older adults and/or eaten on St. John's Eve.
Portuguese
guloseima Catalan
exquisitat Usage of goody in English
1
It is quite as goody as an English tale in one volume.
2
Most of them looked normal, if a bit on the goody-goody side.
3
Oh, goody, maybe the bad guys would fight and kill each other.
4
He was not the goody-goody little scout propagandist that we sometimes read about.
5
There is nothing more nonsensical or ridiculous than the goody-goody talk about lynching.
6
Even the promo photos that bands would do against mottled backdrops, looking goody-goody.
7
The Checker Shadow Illusion is an oldy, and remains a goody.
8
It was easy to recognize that Pamela was not only good but goody-goody.
9
Mustn't be too goody-goody; that kind of thing is falling out of date.
10
Tha'rt too good to throw thyself away on the goody-goody Alice Lister sort.
11
A lot of goody goodies, too stuck up to bother with country girls.
12
If it were big enough, goody, we'd put you into it.
13
She's a know-it-all goody two-shoes and she doesn't know my life.
14
Who to-day could wade through with children the good-goody books of that generation?
15
She's such a goody-two-shoes, I'll be lucky if there's a guy within miles.
16
What is the real news about us, for instance, as regards being goody-good?
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Goody across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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