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hail-fellow

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hail-fel⋅low

  [n. heyl-fel-oh; adj. heyl-fel-oh]
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–noun
1. Also, hail fellow, hail-fellow well met. a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.
–adjective
2. sociable; heartily genial: His hail-fellow manner helped him to advance in the sales force.
Origin:
1570–80
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hail-fel·low   (hāl'fěl'ō)
adj.  Heartily friendly and congenial.

[From the obsolete greeting hail, fellow!.]
hail'-fel'low n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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