Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, US, idiomatic)A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend.

    (old-fashioned slang) a good person

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom is a good egg.

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  2. Tom is good at frying eggs.

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  3. I make a very good poached egg.

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  4. You're a good egg.

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  5. Are duck eggs better than chicken eggs?

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Origin

Probably a humorous antonym of bad egg (“someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irres

Probably a humorous antonym of bad egg (“someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue”).

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Forms

plural: good eggs
Singulargood egg
Pluralgood eggs

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
bad egg

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
goodA1goodbyegoodnessB1
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