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.
   • "just a good-time Charlie, borrowing two bucks here and five bucks there" -- Walter Karig
   • "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" -- A. J. Liebling
   • "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?" -- Billy Wilder, The Apartment, (1960)

Related terms

• good-time girl

See also

• Alibi Ike, Dapper Dan, doubting Thomas, Gentleman Jim, gloomy Gus, nervous Nellie, plain Jane, Silent Sam