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1884 20 Sept. 2/2 I told the prisoner that I was not going to ruck on an old pal.
1893 14 July 11/3 An' den w'en ye meets one uv yer own kind ye feels like old pals.
2000 A. Bourdain (2001) 94 I was rail-thin, shaky, and the first thing I did was ask my old pal Bigfoot if he could lend me 25 bucks.