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GOOD OLD BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good old boy mean?
• GOOD OLD BOY (noun)
The noun GOOD OLD BOY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: GOOD OLD BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
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Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy
Hypernyms ("good old boy" is a kind of...):
white man (a man who is White)
Southerner (an American who lives in the South)
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