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goody

noun [C] (PERSON)
 
 
/ˈɡʊd.i/ informal

Definition

someone, especially in a film or story, who is good: It's one of those films where you don't know until the last moment who are the goodies and who are the baddies.People having good qualities
(Definition of goody noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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