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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How to use regular guy in a sentence

  • It suits you, somehow, like your hair, which would make the rest of us look a regular guy.

  • And a regular guy means, I presume, a reliable or respectable guy.

    What I Saw in America | G. K. Chesterton
  • He was ashamed of his own fear and proved that he was a "regular guy" by joining in the laugh and jibes of the fellows.

    The Fight for the Argonne | William Benjamin West
  • Then, it developed, some reporter in the West had referred to him as "a regular guy."

    Turns about Town | Robert Cortes Holliday
  • We just want you to come around more and be one of the fellows, more of a regular guy.

    The Plastic Age | Percy Marks