hail-fellow-well-met
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Regardless of that, between this and the extended hail-fellow-well-met tight-twos by his buds, the lead-up took on the feeling of a wake or a “get well” rally for someone who recently emerged from a coma.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
George Drance’s Agamemnon exudes a hail-fellow-well-met energy, without any of the smoothed-over barbarity you might expect.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2022
What made things even tougher for Strong is that he is not a hail-fellow-well-met the way Brown was throughout his coaching career.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016
The current Majority Leader is a hail-fellow-well-met operator who is smart and well liked across the conference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2015
“Well!” said Mr. Trabb, in a hail-fellow-well-met kind of way.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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