ordinary chap

Frequency: 6.23.0 per million words

Refers to a typical, average man with no special qualities.

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Examples (10)

  • He's just an ordinary chap trying to make a living.
  • The hero of the novel is an ordinary chap who discovers he has extraordinary powers.
  • Despite his fame, he remained a humble, ordinary chap.
  • You might expect the CEO to be intimidating, but he's a surprisingly ordinary chap.
  • The police are looking for a witness described as a perfectly ordinary chap in his forties.
  • He may look like an ordinary chap, but he's actually a world-renowned scientist.
  • What would an ordinary chap like me know about running a multinational corporation?
  • It's refreshing to see a politician who comes across as an ordinary chap the public can relate to.
  • He was a perfectly ordinary chap until he won the lottery.
  • She described her husband as a kind and dependable, if rather ordinary, chap.