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

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

From Slate • May 31, 2025

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’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

But Janssen doesn’t fare much better as a fading belle whose lilt reads generically “southern,” while Travolta slides too easily into the cartoonish, playing a bourbon-slowed East Texas good ol’ boy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2019

Standing five foot nine in his cowboy boots, tipping the scales at one-forty-five, he had a bland, regular, and slightly good oP boy face and a bland, regular, slightly good ol’ boy way of speaking.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols