old mate
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Noun
edit- (colloquial, Australia) An elderly man.
- We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette.
- (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context.
- Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit.