good riddings
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English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- (negative connotation) Alternative form of good riddance
- 1906, The Century: 1906, volume 72, page 559:
- And when she added, "Good riddings! Good riddings!" it was as if she moaned.
- 1917, Boys' Life - Aug 1917, page 23:
- […] and Mr. McCall said he would have to look it over but he didn't think he wanted any of it and good riddings.
- 2004, N. Ross Peterson, Trehane's Hand:
- They are gone with the Lord, and good riddings to the lot.
- 2014, Salem Rose, Celtic Portraits, page 18:
- Good riddings, but I will be back, wait for me.
Noun
[edit]- (negative connotation) Alternative form of good riddance
- 1879, Fun, volume 29, page 239:
- We call it "a good riddings," though a paradox it seem to be; […]