matey
Example Sentences
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“You don’t get matey with the Queen,” recalled former British prime minister Tony Blair.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
He can be matey or imperious as the fancy takes him.
From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020
He relished being matey with the ultras and was seemingly blase about their darker dealings.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016
Not since George Carlin reëmerged angry and articulate, in the nineties, has a comedian called American bullshit to order so eloquently, or with more matey good cheer.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 7, 2015
Ross Wilcox took it, acting all matey to remind me we're not.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
