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• a variation of good old boy.

good ol' boy

British  

noun

1. 1. a man considered as being trustworthy and dependable because of his ordinary and down-to-earth background and upbringing

   2. ( as modifier )

      he was expected to bring some good-ol'-boy informality to the White House

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Example Sentences

But in the course of our hourlong conversation, I didn’t see Youngblood as a malevolent good ol’ boy drunk on his own power like what my friends claimed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022

There was no way to take the edge off the words by couching them as good ol’ boy jokes or politically incorrect misunderstandings or locker room talk.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

He then paused before adding, in an apparent effort to inject some good ol’ boy humor, that “a little paranoia is probably good for your health.”

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2020

“He’s a little small-town kid, who almost wins the U.S. Amateur, just a good ol’ boy who says 'yes sir, no sir,'” he said.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 29, 2019

Two men occupied the tiny cinderblock state police headquarters at Dona Luz: a crew-cut good ol’ boy state cop, Bill Koontz, and a young good-looking radio dispatcher, Emilio Cisneros.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols