Good vs Girl - What's the difference?
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(lb) Of people.
#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.
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#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6
#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.
#Competent or talented.
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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)
#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.
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#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.
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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
#(lb) Real; actual; serious.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Love no man in good earnest.
(lb) Of properties and qualities.
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##Edible; not stale or rotten.
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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.
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##* 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
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#Healthful.
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#Pleasant; enjoyable.
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#Favourable.
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#Beneficial; worthwhile.
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, title= #Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.
(lb) With "and", extremely.
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(lb) Holy.
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(lb) Of quantities.
#Reasonable in amount.
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#Large in amount or size.
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#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.
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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
That is good: an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.
(nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.
* 1906 , Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley
* 2007 April 19, , WHYY, Pennsylvania [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9683874]
(uncountable) The forces or behaviors that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.
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, title= (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.
(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.
* Bible, Psalms iv. 6
* Jay
(countable, usually in plural) An item of merchandise.
* (William Shakespeare)
To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.
To make good; turn to good; improve.
To make improvements or repairs.
To benefit; gain.
To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.
To satisfy; indulge; gratify.
To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.
A young female human; (in contrast to boy ), a female child or young adult.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
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, title= Any woman, regardless of her age. (see usage notes)
A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
(uncommon) A queen (the playing card.)* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)
(colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
A girlfriend.
A daughter.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
(US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
* 1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life , Cash Money Content (2011), ISBN 9781451617139,
* 1977 , Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle , Holloway House (1987), ISBN 0870673661,
* 2005 , K'wan, Hoodlum , St. Martin's Press (2005), ISBN 0312333080,
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As proper nouns the difference between good and girl
is that good is while girl is (astronomy) a chinese constellation located near aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the black turtle.good
English
(wikipedia good)Etymology 1
From (etyl) good, from (etyl) . Related to gather.Alternative forms
* (poetic contraction)Adjective
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
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- Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
- dorr?̅', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and ' god Almande mylk.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
Synonyms
* (having positive attributes) not bad, all right, satisfactory, decent * (healthful) well * (competent or talented) accomplishedAntonyms
* (having positive attributes) bad, poor * (ethical) bad, evilDerived terms
* come from a good place * do well by doing good * fight the good fight * for good * good afternoon * good and * * good books * goodbye * good day * good drunk * gooden * good-for-nothing * good graces * good grief * goodish * good job * good morning * goodly * goodness * good night * good to go * good works * the good die young * too much of a good thingInterjection
(en interjection)- Good! I can leave now.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) , all from the adjective.Adverb
- If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good . You're big enough to do it.
- The one thing that we can't do...''is throw out the baby with the bathwater.''...'' We know our process works pretty darn good and, uh, it’s really sparked this amazing phenomenon of this''... high-quality website.
Derived terms
* but goodEtymology 3
From (etyl) good, god, from (etyl) .Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good .}}
- There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
- The good' of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the ' good of each of the members composing it.
- Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice.
Antonyms
* (forces of good) bad, evil * (positive result) badDerived terms
* (item of merchandise) capital goods, consumer goodsEtymology 4
From (etyl) goden, godien, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 5
From English dialectal, from (etyl) , ultimately from the adjective. See above.Derived terms
* (l)girl
English
Noun
(en noun)Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
page 43:
- She had taught me to snort girl , and almost always when I came to her pad, there would be thin sparkling rows of crystal cocaine on the glass top of the cocktail table.
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- Elijah nodded congenially to the early evening regulars in the Afro Lounge, headed straight for the telephone hung midway between the mens and womens, his nose smarting from a couple thick lines of recently snorted girl .
page 185:
- After about an hour or two of half-ass sex and snorting girl , Honey was zoned out. She flexed her still numb fingers, trying to find a warmth that didn't seem to come. Cocaine always made her numb.