Usually means: Excessively virtuous or well-behaved person.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word goody-two-shoes:

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  1. goody-two-shoes: Merriam-Webster
  2. goody-two-shoes: Wiktionary
  3. goody-two-shoes: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. goody-two-shoes: Dictionary.com
  5. goody-two-shoes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary

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  1. goody-two-shoes: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Goody-two-shoes)

noun:  Alternative spelling of goody two shoes [(derogatory) A goody-goody; a person who is exceptionally good and perhaps self-satisfied.]

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