good old boy
Noun
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Noun
good old boy
- (idiomatic) A male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow.
- "He's one of those Ohio Cokes—regular thing—father millionaire—used to be a barber—good old boy."
- (idiomatic, chiefly, southern US, sometimes, derogatory) A friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased or misogynistic white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.
- 1973, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907968,00.html Quick Cuts]" (film review), Time, 24 Sep.:
- "White Lightning" concerns a good old boy named Gator McKluskey (Burt Reynolds) who is serving time in the Arkansas pen for messing around with illegal liquor.
- 1973, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907968,00.html Quick Cuts]" (film review), Time, 24 Sep.:
- (male friend) buddy, pal
- (friendly, unambitious white man in rural southern USA) bubba, cracker, redneck
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