good old
idiom
variants
or less commonly good ol'
or good ole
informal
—used before a noun to describe a familiar person or thing with affection or approval
Good old John: you can always count on him to help.
I don't need fancy shoes. I prefer good old sneakers.
They were talking about the good old days.
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But Larry, a true cynic, was stuck in a different time, gagged and bound by a tireless insistence on creating art that subverted and satirized those same good old-fashioned family values.
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Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
But despite the increasing popularity of events like trunk-or-treating, don't skip out on good old-fashioned trick-or-treating.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Sure, lots of threats are out there, everything from historic DDoS attacks to good old social engineering.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
This is part of the book’s perverse brilliance, its sense of good old-fashioned modernist fun.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
But despite the increasing popularity of events like trunk-or-treating, don't skip out on good old-fashioned trick-or-treating.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Sure, lots of threats are out there, everything from historic DDoS attacks to good old social engineering.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
This is part of the book’s perverse brilliance, its sense of good old-fashioned modernist fun.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Good old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20old. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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