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
Of hail-fellow straw-hat pomposity, passing out hot dogs and free seeds with a glad hand .
From Time Magazine Archive
His old hail-fellow familiarity with the press, his eagerness to confide his triumphs of backroom bargaining and artful maneuvering, was gone.
From Time Magazine Archive
No slapping on the shoulder, no hail-fellow greetings, no chance dinner companionship ever dispelled the awful penumbra of privacy that surrounded even the humblest member.
From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher
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