matey
noun
comrade; chum; buddy.
mateys
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pluralof matey.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These onstage mateys may not be the Rockettes, but who needs a toe-tapping tin soldier number when you can have a pirate duel with candy canes?
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2014
Their parrots, their peg legs, their eye patches; their planks for walking, their X'ed spot-markings; their swashbuckling ways and way of talking; their "Shiver me timbers!" and "Avast there, mateys!"
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2014
“Arr roight, mateys, best dumpen this lot whurr it comed from.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Who’s been looking after the dock mateys below, seeing to the stowage?”
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by William Heysham Overend
"Going up to the slaughter line, mateys?" he enquired, an amused smile hovering about his eyes, which took us all in with one penetrating glance.
From The Red Horizon by Patrick MacGill
