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| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | GOOD WOMAN. A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but without a head. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Good Man | Good woman, perfect lady, Madonna. |
Woman | Dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle, matron, dowager, goody, gammer; Frau, frow, Vrouw, rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife. (marriage); matronage, matronhood. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GOOD WOMAN |
| English words defined with "GOOD WOMAN": for good, For good and all. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GOOD WOMAN": Good and All ♦ PANKHURST. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I take care of you Doc. Haven't I always been a good woman to you? (Tombstone; writing credit: Kevin Jarre.) You're a good woman, Lois. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) Balderedash, my good woman, balderdash! (The Valley of Gwangi; writing credit: William Bast; Julian More) | |
Lyrics | What one good woman can do (One Good Woman; performing artist: Peter Cetera) Don't you know it's hard to keep a good woman down (I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN; performing artist: Samantha Fox) | |
Movie/TV Titles | My Good Woman (1972) The Good Woman (1916) | |
Song Titles | One Good Woman (performing artist: Peter Cetera) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | The good woman looked a little puzzled, and turned to Sylvie for help. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jean Valjean scarcely ever saw any other human being than this good woman. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Russell Yates | I was concerned at first. And I talked to her doctor at the jail about it. She thinks she'll do fine. Andrea can get by with not a lot. She's a good woman. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
good woman | 34 |
the good woman of setzuan | 11 |
the love of a good woman | 5 |
bangkok good woman | 2 |
find good woman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GOOD WOMAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | grua e mirë. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oodgay omanway | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-m-n-o-o-o-w" | |
-2 letters: goodman, woodman. | |
-3 letters: godown. | |
-4 letters: adown, among, dogma, donga, gonad, gowan, mango, monad, mondo, mongo, nomad, wagon, woman. | |
-5 letters: agon, dago, damn, dang, dawn, dona, dong, doom, down, gnaw, goad, good, goon, gowd, gown, mano, mawn, moan, mono, mood, moon, mown, noma, ogam, wand, woad, wood. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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