good egg, a



good egg, a

Also, a good scout. An amiable, basically nice person. For example, You can always count on her to help; she's a good egg, or His friends all think Dad's really a good scout. This colloquial antonym of bad egg dates from the early 1900s, as did the variant.
See also: good

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Henda-Yiddish
GilgameshGIL-gə-mesh (English)Near Eastern Mythology
Ioel-Biblical Greek
Carolakah-RO-lah (German)Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish
Rufaro-Southern African, Shona
Ileana[ai'li:nə]