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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated, humorous, rare) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife..
1663-78, Samuel Butler, Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Clark, P. Anderson, & A. Brown, 1784. Part I, Canto 3, lines 517–518. http://books.google.ca/books?id=2yxXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=hudibras+goodyship&source=bl&ots=XLZNd1nh60&sig=lbQogZQyzBtwDNRnSQJZXvOo_f4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lO_fUcq8AaHFywGo3oDoBA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=goodyship&f=false The more shame for her goodyship, / To give so near a friend the slip.
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Goodyship means (dated, humorous, rare) The state or quality of a goody or goodwife..
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1663-78, Samuel Butler, Hudibras: In Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. Edinburgh: Printed for R. Clark, P. Anderson, & A. Brown, 1784. Part I, Canto 3, lines 517–518. http://books.google.ca/books?id=2yxXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=hudibras+goodyship&source=bl&ots=XLZNd1nh60&sig=lbQogZQyzBtwDNRnSQJZXvOo_f4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lO_fUcq8AaHFywGo3oDoBA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=goodyship&f=false The more shame for her goodyship, / To give so near a friend the slip.
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