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goody two-shoes

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goody two-shoes  (tshz)
n. pl. goody two-shoes Informal
A goody-goody.

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


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This shiny-faced teen idol of the duck-and-cover years was such a goody two-shoes you had to hate him on principle alone.
Zoe, the goody two-shoes of the three, gets into a strange relationship with a teacher, who is also the mentor for an evangelical Christian group.
Goody two-shoes that I was, I knew I hadn't broken the law, so I started to get up.
 
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