hail fellow well met
hail fellow well met noun: a sociable, friendly, usually male person.
Noun
hail fellow well met (plural hail fellows well met)
- A sociable, friendly, usually male person.
- All his life he had been a jolly hail fellow well met: he had put on a rather becoming paunch, his cheeks were well filled out and red as a beet, his manners were easy and indolent, and he seemed destined to live on into a ripe old age, sound and healthy as a nut.1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 150
- I was a hail fellow well met with all of the workmen at the factory, most of whom knew little and cared less about social distinctions.1990, James Weldon Johnson, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, Penguin, →ISBN, page 60
Forms of hail fellow well met
| plural | hail fellows well met |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hail-fellow-well-met |
Questions about hail fellow well met
- What does hail fellow well met mean?
- Hail fellow well met means a sociable, friendly, usually male person.
- What part of speech is hail fellow well met?
- Hail fellow well met is a noun.
- What is the plural of hail fellow well met?
- The plural of hail fellow well met is hail fellows well met.
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