"good people" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-good people.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} good people (uncountable)
  1. (slang) A good person. Tags: slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-good_people-en-noun-Viq7n7Th

Noun

Audio: En-au-good people.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} good people pl (plural only)
  1. Synonym of good folk (“magical humanoid creatures”) Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: good folk [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-good_people-en-noun-dqp32KxU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 7 93

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