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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

good thing

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.57 in modern English

Syllables
good thing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that is conventionally accepted as good beyond doubt.

Informal

phrase

It is lucky (that)

Example Sentences

Etymology

In this spelling from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1930.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Good Things (plural)

Questions

What does good thing mean?
Something that is conventionally accepted as good beyond doubt.
Where does good thing come from?
In this spelling from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates, by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman, 1930.

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