goodie two shoes

A form of goody two shoes — A goody-goody; a person who is almost always perfectly well-behaved, with an implication of smugness.

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noungoodie two shoes (plural goodie two shoes)
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of goody two shoes.

    "Oh Goodie! Goodie! Goodie Two Shoes!" screamed Daisy, flapping her bib in the air.

    1878, Jack O'lantern: A Tale, Robert Carter and Brothers, page 273
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    While we are not creating an environment that allows us to say we are goodie two shoes, we are saying that there are certain obvious wrongs that unless there is some single repository for us to go to, to address these wrongs, this industry will not really see the full benefits of deregulation.

    1984, Arthur C. Bass, Review of Airline Deregulation and Sunset of the Civil Aeronautics Board (legislative Proposals Relating to Airline Deregulation and CAB Sunset): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, March 13, 14, 1984, Testimony of Arthur C. Bass, page 435

    "I got canned." Rey shrugged his shoulders. "No shit?" Munchie laughed. "Goodie two shoes got canned?"

    2012, Rick Silvestre, The Black Widow Gang, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 218
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