good scout, a

a good scout

An honest, affable, reliable, and trustworthy person. Your dad's a good scout, you know that? He's helped me out of so many jams without even thinking twice.

good scout, a

An amiable person. This slangy expression originated in America, probably in the late nineteenth century. It appeared in Meredith Nicholson’s Hoosier Chronicle of 1912: “Dad’s a good old scout.”

词组	good scout, a
释义	good scout, a a good scout An honest, affable, reliable, and trustworthy person. Your dad's a good scout, you know that? He's helped me out of so many jams without even thinking twice. See also: good, scout Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. good scout, a An amiable person. This slangy expression originated in America, probably in the late nineteenth century. It appeared in Meredith Nicholson’s Hoosier Chronicle of 1912: “Dad’s a good old scout.” See also: good The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: a good scout scout straight shooter straight shooter, a a good sort good sort a crock crock good oil the good oil
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