hail-fellow
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hail-fellow
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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Then came “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” — all movies that leaned on the hail-fellow joshing of actors like Vince Vaughn, Seth Rogen and, yes, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell, now basically playing themselves.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2011
And he's not very good at faking the hail-fellow camaraderie that is part of American public life, either.
From Time ● Jan. 21, 2010
Unlike hail-fellow Tom Harmon, he is incapable of calling everybody on campus by his first name.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in the past 15 years hundreds of imperiled seafarers owe their lives to the hail-fellow flag that the fleet flies from its Johnny-on-the-spot main masts.
From Time Magazine Archive
My word for it, it has been a fine comedy, this bonhomie of mine, this hail-fellow well met.
From The Grey Cloak by Thomas Mitchell Peirce
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