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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madilyn	MAD-ə-lin	English (Modern)
Valencia	bah-LEN-thyah (Spanish), bah-LEN-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Veljko	-	Serbian, Croatian
Bridget	BRIJ-ət (English)	Irish, English, Irish Mythology
ValdimÁRr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Mikaela	MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish