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good ol' boy

British  

noun

    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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The good ol’ boy life is alive and well in Alabama.

From Slate ● May 31, 2025

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

It was the perfect country show for a good ol’ boy born in Tennessee and raised in Kentucky.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2020

So the Osbornes offered “Don’t Bring the Redneck Out in Me,” a song that reeled off rowdy, boastful good ol’ boy stereotypes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018

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

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