old chap


nounChiefly British: Older Use.
  1. (used in informal direct address to a man of any age.)

Origin of old chap

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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How to use old chap in a sentence

  • So we went up nearer, because we knew he was a rusty old chap and there might be some fun going.

    A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James