| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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is good-wife, Chaucer’s goodlefe; as, Goody Dobson. Good-woman means the mistress of the house, contracted sometimes into gommer, as goodman is into gomman. (See G | 1 |
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