good egg

good egg
noun
(old-fashioned slang) a good person
Ant: ↑bad egg
Usage Domain:
slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular
Hypernyms: ↑good person

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Informal.
a person who is pleasant, agreeable, or trustworthy.
[1915-20]

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good egg (informal)
1. A fine person
2. An exclamation of approval
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Main Entry:egg

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good egg,
Slang. a good fellow: »

[He] has always seemed to be fundamentally a nice guy, no Sunday-school teacher, but a basically good egg (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

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good egg
informal + somewhat old-fashioned : a likeable person

I've known Jim for years. He's a good egg.

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Main Entry:egg
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good egg — see egg, 1
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Main Entry:good

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  • good egg — A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • good egg — good′ egg′ n. Informal. inf an agreeable or trustworthy person …   From formal English to slang

  • good egg — {slang} or {informal}[good scout] {n. phr.} A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. * /Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend./ Syn.: REGULAR GUY. Contrast: BAD EGG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good egg — {slang} or {informal}[good scout] {n. phr.} A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. * /Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend./ Syn.: REGULAR GUY. Contrast: BAD EGG …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • good\ egg — slang or informal good scout n. phr. A friendly, kind or good natured person, a nice fellow. Tommy is such a good egg that everybody wants to be his friend. Syn.: regular guy Contrast: bad egg …   Словарь американских идиом

  • good egg —    A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Good egg —   A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • good egg — See a good egg …   English idioms

  • good egg — Noun. A liked and favoured person. Cf. bad egg …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • good egg — noun A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend …   Wiktionary

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