wide boy

noun

Etymology

Related to wide awake, i.e. sharp-witted, open-eyed, with wide open eyes.

Definitions

  1. A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing.

    • 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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