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Goodwife (Scots: Guidwife),
usually abbreviated Goody, was a
polite form of
address for women,
formerly used how Mrs., Miss and Ms. are used today. Its...
- Look up
Goodwife or
goodwife in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Good Wife is an
American television series. The Good Wife may also
refer to: The Good...
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Prudence accidentally drops her doll in the
water and begs her
harsh mother,
Goodwife Cruff, to get it back for her. Impulsively, Kit
jumps into the
water and...
- however, of a
lesser social rank than a man
addressed as Mister.
Compare Goodwife. The
terms were used in
England and
Puritan New England. They are perhaps...
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include Goodwife Pattson, who
worked for St. Antholin,
Budge Row, from 1590–91 to 1597–98. She
worked alongside others like
Mother Bamford,
Goodwife Tailor...
- Witchcraft.
Kessinger Publishing. p. 1118. ISBN 0-7661-8359-9. "Profile of
Goodwife Knapp".
Archived from the
original on 2018-10-02.
Retrieved 2013-06-21...
- term of address, used
where Mister (Mr.)
would be used today.
Compare Goodwife.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Abraham Goodman,
known as Abby...
- poem "Goody
Santa Claus on a
Sleigh Ride" (1889). "Goody" is
short for "
Goodwife", i.e., "Mrs." The
character recurred throughout m****
media of the time...
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Goodwife Lake, wife of Henry, of
Dorchester 1650 —
Goodwife Kendall, of
Cambridge 1651 — Mary Parsons, of Springfield, at
Boston 1651 —
Goodwife B****ett...
- Birth-Mark"; the sinned-against (abandoned)
Ester of "Ethan Brand"; and
goodwife Faith Brown,
linchpin of
Young Goodman Brown's very
belief in God. "My...
