do-right adj.
(US) law-abiding, honest, socially concerned.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | [song title] Do Right Papa. | |
| [song title] I’m a Do Right Cowboy. | |
| S.R.O. (1998) 140: ‘That raging do-right complex [...] He is positively beserk with it’. | |
| Everybody Smokes in Hell 97: You’ve always been do-right by me. |
In compounds
(US) the police, esp. the Highway Patrol.
 | Stomping the Goyim 91: The Do Right Boys come for you, sirens and flashing lights. | |
| ‘Lexical Data from the Gulf States’ in AS LV:3 197: Cop, copper [...] Dick, do-right boy [...] Mr. Do-Right. | |
| at www.freerepublic.com 2 Oct. 🌐 Hopefully the Dudley Do-Right boys do better than the Keystone Cops here in the States. | |
| Alexandra: Welcome to My Home Town 🌐 Watch out for the Do-Right boys — Alabama Speed traps. |
(US) a conformist, esp. one who follows rules within an institution.
| Jailhouse Jargon and Street Sl. [unpub. ms.]. |
1. (US drugs, also do-right johns) those who are not addicted to narcotics.
| ‘Argot of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 1 in AS XI:2 120/2: do-right-people. i. Nonaddicts. | |
| ‘Argot of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 2 in AS XIII:3 183/2: do-right john. A non-addict. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | |
| Narcotics Lingo and Lore 40: Do-right John – One not addicted to drugs, from the derogatorily envious perch of one who is. |
2. (US, also do-right daddies) honest citizens.
| ‘Argot of the Und. Narcotic Addict’ Pt 1 in AS XI:2 120/2: do-right-people. [...] Legitimate people or those with no criminal connections. | |
| Walk on the Wild Side 93: For a Do-Right Daddy is right fond of money and still he don’t hate fun. | |
| ‘Dangerous’ in Tell Them Nothing (1956) 43: You’re like Daddy Do-Right, but you don’t do right with the girls. |
In phrases
see separate entry.