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baddy two shoes

baddy two shoes noun: a person who is ill-behaved.

Noun

baddy two shoes (plural baddy two shoes)

  1. (humorous, rare) A person who is ill-behaved.
    • Little Baddy Two Shoes Dear Ann Landers: Is it possible for a person to be too kind-hearted? I could kick myself for being Little Goody Two Shoes.1965 May 12, Ann Landers [pseudonym; Eppie Lederer], “Even Teen Tires of Movie Smut”, in Detroit Free Press, metro final edition, volume 135, number 7, Detroit, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3-B, columns...
    • Baddy two shoes / A VICAR was allowed back to work under “strict conditions” from his bishop today following a scuffle at a village panto party when a parisiohner^([sic]) tried to dissuade him from driving home. Father Freddy Denman, 51, had just appeared as the dame in Goody Two Shoes which he...1998 February 18, “News file”, in Evening Mail, Birmingham, West Midlands, →OCLC, page 13, column 2

Forms of baddy two shoes

pluralbaddy two shoes
alternative formbaddy two-shoes
alternative formbaddy-two-shoes

Origin of baddy two shoes

By analogy with goody two shoes.

Questions about baddy two shoes

What does baddy two shoes mean?
Baddy two shoes means a person who is ill-behaved.
What part of speech is baddy two shoes?
Baddy two shoes is a noun.
What is the plural of baddy two shoes?
The plural of baddy two shoes is baddy two shoes.

Words near baddy two shoes in the dictionary

  1. badding up
  2. baddish
  3. baddishness
  4. badditude
  5. baddy
  6. baddy two shoes
  7. baddy two-shoes
  8. baddy-two-shoes
  9. bade
  10. bade defiance to
  11. bade fair

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