old mate

English

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Noun

old mate (plural old mates)

  1. (colloquial, Australia) An elderly man.
    We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.
  2. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context.
    Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.
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