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mate
noun- a good friend; a buddy or chum UK, 1380
This word is used to the near exclusion of its various synonyms in Australia. Originally used only by men, but since the 1980s increasingly by women. - He will talk to anybody and everybody, this Australian, and his real mates are few. For them, he will die. Literally. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 158, 1957
- And that’s how it is. Leave the skirts alone, and they’re all good mates. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 51, 1959
- And you call yourself my mate! — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 11, 1965
- You’re my mate, aren’t you? I mean, you and Gary, you’re my old mates. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 88, 1969
- We’ve always been good mates. I’m a bloke who always does the right thing by a bloke. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 98, 1969
- “Mate!” Chilla corrected like a long-suffering school-teacher. “How many times have I got to tell you Australians don’t have chums, they have mates.” — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 1, 1971
- “Yeah...but you shouldn’t cheat on me, mate. We’re mates, aren’t we?” he asked. — Ward McNally, Supper at Happy Harry’s, p. 9, 1982
- I didn’t understand. I’d done a mate a favour and a mate had done me wrong in return. — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 101, 1994
- [S]he’s the bollocks, she’s my best mate, and I’m scared of changing that. — Guardian, 16 June 2002
- used as a form of address to a stranger UK, 1450
Generally used in a friendly manner, but also used when being confrontational. - “That’s all right, mate,” said the look-out man affably. — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 13, 1956
- The driver started up and went up the street a little way, and then said, “Where to, mate?” — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 15, 1957
- Minutes later, the two contestants dragged back into the bar. “Geez, mate, yer got a terrific right.” — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 37, 1962
- “Your drinks are finished, mate,” said the barman, glaring at the Texan. — Robert English, Toxic Kisses, p. 45, 1979
- Well you’re bloody mistaken, mate! — Sandra Jobson, Blokes, p. 66, 1984
- You fuckin’ messed me up with that weed, I’m tellin’ ya mate. — Donald Gorgon, Cop Killer, 1994
- in poker, a card that forms a pair US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 56, 1988
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