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good-fellowship

American  
[good-fel-oh-ship] / ˌgʊdˈfɛl oʊˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; companionship.

    Synonyms:
    Gemütlichkeit, fellowship

Etymology

Origin of good-fellowship

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400


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Crossing into Scotland, Malenkov joined arms with a group of workmen at the modest Ayrshire cottage where Poet Bobbie Burns was born, and sang Auld Lang Syne in a rosy-red mist of good-fellowship.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Aske was shortly afterwards called to London and was received by bluff King Hal in that spirit of hearty good-fellowship for which he was famous."

From Time Magazine Archive

For the most part, Chou himself struggled valiantly to sustain his own air of modesty and hearty good-fellowship.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the TV documentary that chronicles the creation of We Are the World, there is a general air of union and celebration, with Dylan hanging back from all the good-fellowship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Invitations to dinner are exceedingly rare; there are brilliant balls; but these do not satisfy an English longing for good-fellowship.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

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