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no-goods

no-goods is the plural of no-good.

Meaning of no-good

Noun

no-good (plural no-goods)

  1. (derogatory) A worthless or useless person.
    • The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1

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Questions about no-goods

What is no-goods the plural of?
No-goods is the plural of no-good.

Words near no-goods in the dictionary

  1. no-good
  2. no-good ass
  3. no-good asses
  4. no-goodnik
  5. no-goodniks
  6. no-goods
  7. no-gos
  8. no-growther
  9. no-growthers
  10. no-hair theorem
  11. no-hander

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