main man
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Noun
edit- (idiomatic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) One's closest male friend.
- 1989, David Ritz, Barbells and saxophones:
- Thanks to Aaron (my main man) Priest...
- 1993, Matt Cohen, The bookseller:
- "Dungo," Henry would say, "you're my main man." He would pronounce these words in front of Jeanine, or even strangers.
- 2004 March, JazzTimes:
- As Moody says of his main man, "Diz influenced me from every standpoint. He was a friend, a father, a confidante, just everything to me.