good riddance

Definitions

Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.

Equivalents

Examples

“I couldn’t be more glad to see⟳ the back of them. Good riddance, I say⟳.”

“Goodbye and good riddance!”

“Mrs Inconſiderate, alſo replyed, ſaying, avvay vvith ſuch Fantaſtical Fools from the Tovvn, a good riddance, for my par[t], I ſay, of her. Should ſhe ſtay vvhere ſhe dvvels, and retain⟳ this her mind⟳, vvho could live⟳ quietly by her? for ſhe vvill either be dumpiſh or unneighbourly, or talk⟳ of ſuch matters as no vviſe body can abide: […]”

“And the nephew says good riddance, / And the uncle says good riddance, / And the Aunt, she says good riddance, / And the cousins say⟳ good riddance, / All the household in a chorus, / Singing in a household chorus, / Bid the boys good bye, and also— / Bid the boys good riddance also, / "No more walking says the uncle— / Walking up and down the school room / Teaching little boys their letters, / Bothering my brains with school boys, / Bothering their brains with letters.["]”

“After 50 years of farming, [Maurice] Fisch too has left the ostrich business, and says good riddance. […] Ostriches, says Fisch, are "stupid birds that just had nice feathers."”

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