good time

good time Examples noun Prison Slang.

1. time deducted from an inmate’s sentence for good behavior while in prison.

Examples from the Web for good-time Historical Examples of good-time

They who come to them now regard them as playthings, good-time centers for twelve or fourteen weeks.

Fair Harbor

Joseph Crosby Lincoln

She enjoyed the talking, joking, “good-time” men in society, and chatted and danced with them with relish.

The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him

Paul Leicester Ford

British Dictionary definitions for good-time good-time adjective

1. (of a person) wildly seeking pleasure

Word Origin and History for good-time adj.

1928, from good (adj.) + time. Expression to have a good time “enjoy oneself” attested from 1822; earlier have a good time of it (1771). To make good time “go fast” is from 1838.

Idioms and Phrases with good-time good time

see have a good time.