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mateship
noun
masculine friendship AUSTRALIA, 1864
In 1999 Prime Minister John Howard tried to introduce this word into a “preamble” to the Australian Constitution and came under much criticism and ridicule since it was seen to exclude women–the referendum on the matter was not passed.- The Legend of the Silent Australian had its origin, I believe, in the mateship of men humping bluey in the outback. — Bill Wannan, Bullockies, Beauts and Bandicoots, p. 72, 1960
- So I thinks, a poker school. The mateship of the game of cards was just what I needed. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 139, 1965
- Earlier I said that there was an undertone of homosexuality in the Australian mateship syndrome. — Sue Rhodes, Now you’ll think I’m awful, p. 58, 1967
- Borky had lived by..the myth of Australian mateship, which he had abandoned because he didn’t have a mate left in the world[.] — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 167, 1971
- There was true mateship in the club in those days. — Sandra Jobson, Blokes, p. 63, 1984
- There isn’t as much mateship as there was. — Sandra Jobson, Blokes, p. 76, 1984
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