What does hail-fellow mean?
Hail-fellow means Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met..
And there were ministers of many creeds,—pastors of great, gilt-edged congregations, at the seaside for a rest, with shepherds of the regular work,—from the priests of the Church on the Hill to bush-bearded ex-sailor Lutherans, hail-fellow with the men of a score of boats.
that being forbidden to be bold thou shouldst grow impudent, or being suffered to be familiar thou shouldst wax hail-fellow?.
Losing money every time he sold a beast, wasting stamps galore on letters to endless auctioneers, frequently remaining in town half a week at a stretch, and being hail-fellow to all the spongers to be found on the trail of such as he, quickly left him on the verge of bankruptcy. Some of his contemporaries say it was grog that did it all.
Use hail-fellow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hail-fellow means Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met..
Common synonyms include hail-fellow-well-met, friendly, comradely.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And there were ministers of many creeds,—pastors of great, gilt-edged congregations, at the seaside for a rest, with shepherds of the regular work,—from the priests of the Church on the Hill to bush-bearded ex-sailor Lutherans, hail-fellow with the men of a score of boats.
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