0 a man from the southern US who enjoys spending time with his friends, and disapproves of ideas or ways of behaving that are different from his own --
Linna's own description of the men in the novel's final sentence is aika velikultia something like good old boys.
We will have it all on a good old boys' interlocking business relationship in which we shall all share the swag in a few years' time.
If a man is humble and well thought of, he can be referred to as a good old boy, regardless of his age.
It was a good old boy scouts' principle—to be prepared for trouble because we sensed that there would be trouble.