wide boy
See also: wideboy
English
Etymology
Related to wide awake, i.e. sharp-witted.
Noun
wide boy (plural wide boys)
- (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.
- 1992 July 21, Edwina Currie, Diary:
Synonyms
- geezer, spiv