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hombre
noun- a man US, 1846
Spanish hombre (a man), spread worldwide by Hollywood Westerns such as Hombre, 1967, starring Paul Newman. - At one point the battalion XO, Major Charles Brown, took me aside to tell me Colonel Locke was one mean hombre, the worst-tempered, toughest guy he’d ever worked for. — David H. Hackworth, About Face, p. 233, 1989
- a male friend UK
Adapted from the previous sense; this usage possibly informed by a phonetic similarity to HOMEBOY (a close friend). - He’s not that thrilled about [...] having to let on in front of his Yardie hombres, but he says all right anyway. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, pp. 137–138, 2001
- heroin US, 1998
From Spanish hombre (a man). - — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 206, 2002
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 284, 2003
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