| 单词 | good old boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgood old boy good old boy n. (also good ol' boy, good ole boy) originally and chiefly U.S. a white male of the rural southern United States regarded as exemplifying traditional southern values; an uncomplicated, easy-going man; a ‘man's man’; cf. old adj. 16b. ΚΠ 1882 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 3 May Owing to dispatches received late this evening, I will be deprived of the pleasure of meeting with you and the good old boys of our regiment. 1914 Review-Republican (Williamsport, Indiana) 17 Dec. 1/4 There is some good old boys in Texas, all friends of mine, And I am sorry I can't give them a line. 1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead (1949) i. ii. 25 What a bunch of good old boys there were in the platoon. 1965 T. Wolfe in Esquire Mar. 71 (heading) He is a coon hunter, a rich man, an ex-whiskey runner, a good old boy who hard-charges stock cars at 175 m.p.h... He is..the true vision of the New South. 1993 D. Gilb Magic of Blood 54 Like any good old boy, he..finds it very hard to refer to non-white people without calling them something. 2004 New Voice of New York 26 May 13 The confederate flag is still being flown, and the good old boys are still hanging around the feed store. < as lemmas |
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