Definition of Good old boy

1. Noun. A white male Southerner with an unpretentious convivial manner and conservative or intolerant attitudes and a strong sense of fellowship with and loyalty to other members of his peer group.

Exact synonyms: Good Ol' Boy, Good Ole Boy
Generic synonyms: White Man, Southerner

Definition of Good old boy

1. Noun. (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. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic chiefly southern US sometimes derogatory) A friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Old Boy

good luck charm
good manners
good morning
good mornings
good morrow
good nature
good naturedness
good news
good night
good now
good offices
good ol'
good ol' boy
good ol' boys
good old
good old boy
good old boy network
good old boys
good ole
good ole boy
good on you
good part
good people
good person
good riddance
good riddance to bad rubbish
good sense
good shape
good speller

Literary usage of Good old boy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ring Around the Rosie . . . ! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"Key no. 73, Miranda vs. State of Arizona, 86 s. Ct. 1602 (1966) BEWARE OF “GOOD OLD BOY CONGRESSIONAL TRICKS APFN FRIENDS: As ..."

2. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"A good old boy, i'faith ! If thon servest me. i li.¡u »halt eat as / eat, drink as I drink, lie as 7 lie, and ride as I ride. Orl. [Aside. ..."

3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1845)
"I was but a lad, not half an oar high, when the good old boy died in that very house, some say of a Lord Mayor's show ..."

4. Raising the Veil by Ball Fenner (1856)
"Good, old boy! I wish I had so good a show before me; but let's take another drink, just to drive away the blue-devils. I hope you will be successful. ..."

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