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hail fellows well met

hail fellows well met is the plural of hail fellow well met.

Meaning of hail fellow well met

Noun

hail fellow well met (plural hail fellows well met)

  1. 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

Questions about hail fellows well met

What is hail fellows well met the plural of?
Hail fellows well met is the plural of hail fellow well met.

Words near hail fellows well met in the dictionary

  1. Haikwan taels
  2. hail
  3. hail and ride
  4. hail down
  5. hail fellow well met
  6. hail fellows well met
  7. hail from
  8. Hail Maries
  9. Hail Mary
  10. Hail Mary bead
  11. Hail Mary pass

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