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Definition of goody two shoes noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

goody two shoes

noun

/ˌɡʊdi ˈtuː ʃuːz/

/ˌɡʊdi ˈtuː ʃuːz/

(plural goody two shoes)

(informal, disapproving)

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a person who always behaves well, and perhaps has a disapproving attitude to people who do not

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