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Definition of Mateys
1. matey [n] - See also: matey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mateys
Literary usage of Mateys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Links in My Life on Land and Sea by James William Gambier (1907)
"... again—"The Lofts," Sheerness Dockyard—A ball—Chased by footpads—Dockyard "
mateys "—Dockyard plunder. sailed for England on the 19th of December, and, ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"And many a good lark we had afterward on the forecastle, with that ere same
donkey, I can tell you, mateys ; and it always went by the name of Jo Wilson's ..."
3. Collecçao de Opusculos Reimpressos Relativos á Historia Das Navegacoes (1844)
"... sou senores nam me mateys, nem mateys estes índios, que elles me ham dado a
vida , e logo os chamou e assegurou e sayra do mato ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... 1.37,38), who wrote in the 12th century. color of this lovely picture is
magnificent beyond all description. Quintín mateys (Massys) and ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"By the hookey, Mark, there are thirty on us here present, and it's very hard
indeed if all these must be forced to •" ' For my part, mateys,' said Blyth, ..."
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