Goodfella
noun
a member of the Mafia, mobster
Word Origin
from the movie Goodfellas
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noun 1. a friendly and pleasant person.
- Good-fellowship
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- Good fences make good neighbors
Good neighbors respect one another’s property. Good farmers, for example, maintain their fences in order to keep their livestock from wandering onto neighboring farms. This proverb appears in the poem “Mending Wall,” by Robert Frost.
- Good-for-nothing
[goo d-fer-nuhth-ing, -nuhth-] /ˈgʊd fərˈnʌθ ɪŋ, -ˌnʌθ-/ adjective 1. worthless; of no use. noun 2. a worthless or useless person. noun 1. an irresponsible or worthless person adjective 2. irresponsible; worthless adjective : You good-for-nothing bastard, you (1711+) noun A worthless person; scoundrel; bum (1751+)
- Good-friday
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