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matey
noun
a man; a companion; a comrade US, 1841
Used as an affectionate form of address; in a friendly way for someone whose name is not known; in a pseudo-friendly manner for patronising effect.- Next station, doors open, and they stap backward off the train. But matey on the deck–they drag him off the train by his feet[.] — Martin King & Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 55, 1999
- But by that time, it was matey who needed the protecting. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, p. 157, 2000
- Am I ever more glad to see any gaff anywhere, though? Don’t think so, matey. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 6, 2001
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