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GOOD OLE BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good ole boy mean?
• GOOD OLE BOY (noun)
The noun GOOD OLE 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 OLE 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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
good ol' boy; good old boy; good ole boy
Hypernyms ("good ole boy" is a kind of...):
white man (a man who is White)
Southerner (an American who lives in the South)
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