good-time Charlie

See also: good time Charlie and goodtime Charlie

English

Alternative forms

• goodtime Charlie, good time Charlie, good-time Charley, goodtime Charley, good time Charley

Noun

good-time Charlie (plural good-time Charlies)

1. An affable or happy-go-lucky carefree convivial man.
   • a. 1956, Walter Karig, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     just a good-time Charlie, borrowing two bucks here and five bucks there

   • 1956, A. J. Liebling, The Sweet Science: Boxing and Boxiana:

     I couldn't be a good-time Charlie ... when I was a kid I was taught not to talk or joke or laugh at the table

   • 1960, Billy Wilder, The Apartment:

     You listen to me, you find yourself a nice, substantial man—a widower maybe—and settle down—instead of nashing all those sleeping pills—for what, for whom? – for some Good Time Charlie?

Related terms

• good-time girl

See also

• Alibi Ike, Billy no mates, Dapper Dan, Hooray Henry, doubting Thomas, Gentleman Jim, gloomy Gus, nervous Nellie, plain Jane, Silent Sam