GOODY TWO-SHOES


Meaning of GOODY TWO-SHOES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgu̇-dē-ˈtü-ˌshüz ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized S

Etymology: from Goody Two-Shoes, heroine of a children's story perhaps by Oliver Goldsmith

Date: 1934

: a person who is goody-goody ; also : a person who is uncommonly good

• goody-two-shoes adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.