good egg Meaning of "good egg"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) (old-fashioned slang) a good person

Usage(s):

  1. The British soldier is a hell of a good egg.
  2. A bit vain, lacking perhaps ideal royal tolerance, he is at heart a good egg, and better company for a full-length fairy tale in 1984 than the standard, hand-wringing Adonis.
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