GOOD EGG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good egg mean? 

• GOOD EGG (noun)
  The noun GOOD EGG has 1 sense:

1. (old-fashioned slang) a good person

  Familiarity information: GOOD EGG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOD EGG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(old-fashioned slang) a good person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("good egg" is a kind of...):

good person (a person who is good to other people)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Antonym:

bad egg ((old-fashioned slang) a bad person)