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Matey   Listen
adjective
matey  adj.  (compar. matier; superl. matiest)  Having the relationship of friends or pals. (colloquial)
Synonyms: chummy, pally, palsy-walsy.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Matey" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Get down, Matey. The sofa is your place. I must put this paper away safe till I can find time to finish the story in it. It's called A Mad Love. 'Tisn't my favorite brand of fiction, but I'm reading it jest to see how long she can spin it out. It's at the sixty-second chapter now, and the wedding ain't any ...
— Anne's House of Dreams • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... mouth and grinned silently and long. "Blimy," he said at length, "you look like the sort o' bloke she'd like," and with that he grinned again. Then, seeing that Simmons made ready to shut the door, he put a foot on the sill and a hand against the panel. "Don't be in a 'hurry, matey," he said; "I come 'ere t' 'ave a little talk with you, man to man, d' ye ...
— Stories By English Authors: London • Various



Words linked to "Matey" :   pally, mate, chummy, colloquialism, palsy-walsy, friendly



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