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good book

good book noun: synonym of good books (“favorable regard; good graces”). Also the alternative letter-case form of Good Book.

Noun

good book (plural good books)

  1. Synonym of good books (“favorable regard; good graces”).
    • Hellish as it is for an employee to feel Galotti's wrath, being in his good book is no picnic, either.1997, Spy, page 54
    • “Going all he-man on her isn't exactly going to put you in her good book.” He blinked. “You have eyes in the back of your head now?” A beatific smile.2010, Nalini Singh, Play of Passion, Penguin, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    good books
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, book.

Proper noun capitalized: Good Book

the Good Book

  1. The Bible.
    • I told him "If Red men will learn the good Book, they may know as much as white men [...]"1775, John Wesley, An extract of the Rev. Mr John Wesley's journal, from his embarking for Georgia, to his return to London., page 22
    • Spare the rod and spile the child, as the Good Book says. I'm a laying up sin and suffering for us both, I know.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter I, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 19

Also used as

good book is also the alternative letter-case form of Good Book.

Examples of good book in a sentence

  • We've got to lick the big boss's boots so that we'll be in his good book.2014, Yingtien A. Shih, Bleating in Southern California: Confucius, Lao-Tzu, M. Twain, O. Wilde, Etc., Andy Shih, page 226
  • A smile brightened her face, and Dante knew he was back in her good book.2016, Pamela Yaye, Seduced by the Mogul, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 183:
  • These two criteria had given me a slight advantage over others, and maybe because of this, I was one of the staff listed in her good book.2021, Capt. Zainal Abdin Yahaya (R) pck, Not a Failure... Just a Hiccup: From Bodyguard to Senior Vice-President, Partridge Publishing...

Synonyms of good book

Forms of good book

Noun
pluralgood books
Proper noun
alternative formBook

Questions about good book

What does good book mean?
Good book means synonym of good books (“favorable regard; good graces”).
How do you use good book in a sentence?
We've got to lick the big boss's boots so that we'll be in his good book.
What part of speech is good book?
Good book can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of good book?
The plural of good book is good books.

Words near good book in the dictionary

  1. good bishop
  2. good bishops
  3. good black don't crack
  4. good boi
  5. good bois
  6. good book
  7. good books
  8. good boy
  9. good boys
  10. good boys deserve fudge always
  11. good breath

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