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matelow

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mate⋅lot

[mat-loh, mat-l-oh]
–noun British Slang.
a sailor.
Also, matelow.


Origin:
1910–15; < F ≪ MD mattenoot sailor, equiv. to matte mat 1 + noot companion (D genoot)
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