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good thing
noun- a lucrative opportunity AUSTRALIA
- “There’s always a good thing in machinery spares.” Toggle gave a knowing wink. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 25, 1962
- a sucker; someone who is easily tricked US, 1909
- “Man,” Cowboy said, “didn’t I just see you with a bottle ‘bout an hour ago? What you think I am – a good thing or somethin’?” — Nathan Heard, Howard Street, p. 53, 1968
- a horse that is tipped to win AUSTRALIA, 1877
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 32, 1951
- How come the stable backed your mount, boy, and your friends weren’t told he was a damn good thing? — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 78, 1969
- a good thing US, 1993
Made slang by attitude and tone. A signature line of Martha Stewart on her television show Martha Stewart Living Television, first aired in 1993. Repeated with referential humour.
▷ like a good thing
in an active, pleasing or exciting way IRELAND- [A]nd take another slug out of me cup of hooch. It’s murder. I’m buzzing like a good thing here[.] — Paul Howard, The Joy, p. 153, 1996
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