matey
Example Sentences
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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
That doesn't mean being matey with them all the time, because you've got to say tough things to people, that they don't want to hear.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2015
“Arr, matey, who dares to disturb the pirate captain’s slumber?”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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