wide boy
See also: wideboy
English
Etymology
Related to wide awake, i.e. sharp-witted.
Noun
- (Britain) A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing.
- 1992 July 21, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- Much amusement at Westminster about David Mellor, a wide boy if ever there was one. Someone tapped his girlfriend's phone and sold the tape to The People. Very funny stuff—all about how knackered he was.
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