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Definition of Friendlies
1. friendly [n] - See also: friendly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Friendlies
Literary usage of Friendlies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Some of the chiefs chosen were friendlies, and others had taken part in the
rebellion. The chiefs who took part in the rebellion of 1896 were thoroughly ..."
2. The Downfall of the Dervishes: Being a Sketch of the Final Sudan Campaign of by Ernest Nathaniel Bennett (1898)
"These friendlies were wonderfully spick and span, with nice clean clothes.
Some of them were equipped with large Dervish swords, while others 106 ..."
3. The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 by Warren King Moorehead (1914)
"One of the horses and several of the dogs of the friendlies were shot during ...
Imagine the surprise of the friendlies when, upon looking back from the top ..."
4. The Advance of Our West African Empire by Charles Braithwaite Wallis (1903)
"Our losses in this action were very small, being three friendlies killed and ...
The friendlies continued the pursuit of the enemy, taking and burning the ..."