good ole boy

good old boy

1. In the Southern US, a white man considered to have the qualities associated with traditional conservative Southern masculine culture, including an easygoing demeanor and a generally conservative worldview. The term is applied either positively or negatively, depending on how one views such a culture. Jefferson is a good old boy—you can trust him to uphold our values. Great, just what we need—another good old boy elected to office.

2. A male who is part of a very loyal social group. Of course he only hires his friends—he's a good old boy. What do you expect? Just know that if you marry a good old boy, you're marrying his friends, too.

3. A nice, pleasant male. He's a good old boy, sure, but there's just no chemistry between us.

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释义	good ole boy good old boy 1. In the Southern US, a white man considered to have the qualities associated with traditional conservative Southern masculine culture, including an easygoing demeanor and a generally conservative worldview. The term is applied either positively or negatively, depending on how one views such a culture. Jefferson is a good old boy—you can trust him to uphold our values. Great, just what we need—another good old boy elected to office. 2. A male who is part of a very loyal social group. Of course he only hires his friends—he's a good old boy. What do you expect? Just know that if you marry a good old boy, you're marrying his friends, too. 3. A nice, pleasant male. He's a good old boy, sure, but there's just no chemistry between us. See also: boy, good, old Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. good ole boy verb See good old boy See also: boy, good, olé McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: good old boy grabber grabbers goober grabber goober-grabber have your good, plus, etc. points have (someone's or something's) good points have (someone's or something's) plus points redneck rough trade References in periodicals archive Buying Group for about six years has helped our business jump the "good ole boy" hurdle. Where are the young faces? Another domestic violence activist, Rose Mary Shaw (Osage), says tribes often function on a "good ole boy system." Shaw has to pressure tribes relentlessly to respond to domestic/sexual violence cases. Keeping safe: native women mobilize their own coalition against domestic violence. (Action) They have lumbered us with a good ole boy who spends most of his time with his foot in his mouth, saying things like: "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." RECORD VIEW; Bush a pale imitation The minority firm expressed this to be an example of continuation of the "Good Ole Boy Network." Minority/women in business But most critically, if King was to win in Birmingham, he would have to beat a person at least as formidable as himself, a saintly, legendary figure who embodied all that the citizens of the state felt was best about themselves and their state, the ultimate "good ole boy," and one of the most popular political leaders in Alabama if not the entire South, Eugene "Bull" Connor, known simply as "Mr. Muddying the waters; the years of Martin Luther King Eliminate the good ole boy network once and for all. Shawn Winsor It confirmed their feeling that he had been a good ole boy since the beginning. DAVID CHARTERS PASSING THOUGHTS I've watched the board degenerate into what amounts to a "good ole boy" club. Three vie for selectman's seat About 70 campers joined the barbecue potluck Saturday evening at the campground's General Store that also featured a "jam session" by the Good Ole Boys, playing a mix of country, bluegrass and oldies rock. Full house Arrowhead Lake and campground draws a crowd for holiday weekend Arrowhead: Campers come from all over "In giving voice to songs like 'Good Ole Boys Like Me,' 'Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good' and 'Amanda,' Don Williams offered calm, beauty, and a sense of wistful peace that is in short supply these days," Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Kyle Young said in a statement Friday. Country Music Legend Don Williams Dies At 78 His first big role was as Good Ole Boys front man Tucker McElroy in the 1980 musical comedy The Blues Brothers. RAMBO'S ENEMY NAPIER DIES AT 75 Jindal is the first non-white governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction, and in a state that has been described as "half under water, half under indictment," he's a far cry from what Louisiana voters had taken for granted: lily-white good ole boys who made more headlines for scandal and corruption than for governance. Republican Party using Jindal to reinvent itself This bedroom farce about a couple of good ole boys has a happy ending. Bionyms Apparently in New Hampshire, where Mark lived, the good ole boys had noticed Blair's Bambi persona, his ingratiating smile, his curly hair, his English accent, and had concluded that he was "one of those." God and Blair at Yale Those guys are beer-drinking, whooping and hollering good ole boys, and, you know what, we're going to be egging them on. SO MANY REASONS WHY EUROPE CAN WIN AGAIN
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