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goodfellas

goodfellas is the plural of goodfella.

Meaning of goodfella

Noun

goodfella (plural goodfellas)

  1. (US, slang) A gangster, especially one in the Mafia.
    • Was Anthony Mirra a wiseguy then? […] If Mirra wasn't a good fellow at the time you was there, his argument is no good.1987, Joseph D. Pistone, Richard Woodley, chapter 17, in Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, New American Library, published 1988, page 310

Questions about goodfellas

What is goodfellas the plural of?
Goodfellas is the plural of goodfella.

Words near goodfellas in the dictionary

  1. gooders
  2. Goodes
  3. goodest
  4. Goodey
  5. goodfella
  6. goodfellas
  7. goodfellow
  8. goodfellowed
  9. goodfellowing
  10. goodfellows
  11. goodfic

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