noun
(old-fashioned slang) a good person
• Ant: ↑bad egg
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• 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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Main Entry: ↑good
Useful english dictionary. 2012.