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good-time Charlie
or good-time Charley
[ good-tahym ]
noun
, Informal.
- an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of good-time Charlie1
First recorded in 1955–60
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Idioms and Phrases
Affable, convivial fellow, as in Joe was a typical good-time Charlie, always ready for a party . [ Colloquial ; 1920s]Discover More
Example Sentences
Mark McKinnon on the lessons of a master: the late “Good Time Charlie” Wilson.
From The Daily Beast
Members of Congress today could learn a lot of lessons from “Good Time Charlie” Wilson.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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