Definition of "good-fellow" [good-fellow]

• A boon companion; a jolly fellow; a reveler. (noun)
• A thief. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Had too much of this hooptedoodle and good-fellow stuff."
• "Johnson, with whom conversation was everything, used to judge Goldsmith too much by his own colloquial standard, and undervalue him for being less provided than himself with acquired facts, the ammunition of the tongue and often the mere lumber of the memory; others, however, valued him for the native felicity of his thoughts, however carelessly expressed, and for certain good-fellow qualities, less calculated to dazzle than to endear."
• "“Bon jour, mes amies,” said he, in a tone that somehow made amends to some amongst us for many a sharp snap and savage snarl: not a jocund, good-fellow tone, still less an unctuous priestly, accent, but a voice he had belonging to himself — a voice used when his heart passed the words to his lips."