I am not found in an Easter egg carton, yet people label an honorable, dependable pal a 'good' one of me, and a shady troublemaker a 'bad' one. What am I?
An egg
The idioms 'a good egg' and 'a bad egg' denote a trustworthy or untrustworthy person, respectively.
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