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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a good chap" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an informal way to describe or refer to a person who is kind, resourceful, and trustworthy. For example, "John is such a good chap; he volunteered to help me with the project even though he had a full day already."
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He's a good chap in my view.
"Just carry on doing your court reports and gangster stories, there's a good chap".
I shall say, 'I think you're a good chap, Charles.'" She laughs.
Be a good chap and tell our Mr. Lee to turn the book into a period drama, would you?
Interior ministry spokesman Sabah Kadhim said al-Tumeizi was "a good chap" who had interviewed him several times.
He was generally referred to as a good chap, perhaps rather patronisingly, friends recall, and as someone who was reliable with money.
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Peter Nielsen Worcester The point is not whether Alan Clark was a good MP or a jolly good chap, but whether he wrote good diaries.
Not everyone is a good, honest chap with a wry smile, a funny accent, a pair of shiny shoes and dreams of making a living and contributing to the glory of the United Kingdom.
Above all, it was an opportunity to remember that even if Cameron resigned because he staked the future of the country on a failed political gamble, he's still a bloody good chap.
Everyone thought everyone was a jolly good chap, hail fellow well met and then when it really mattered, they found out New England had become a Labor seat.
But even in this arid book he seems, to borrow one of his favorite locutions, like an awfully good chap.
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