regular guy

Also, regular fellow. A nice or agreeable person, as in Luke's a regular guy, or Hilda's a regular fellow. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]

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regular as clockwork, regular astigmatism, regular bevel, regular checking account, regular flower, regular guy, regular lay, regular tertiaries, regular verb, regular year, regularize

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Examples from the Web for regular guy

And Christie came across as very credible, he was at his no-b.s., regular-guy best.
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His regular-guy persona flattered the élite by making them imagine they were regular guys too.
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