palshipn.
/ˈpalʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpælˌʃɪp/ colloquial.
The state or relation of being pals (originally criminal accomplices); friendship. Also in extended use.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friendship
friendshipeOE
friendredeeOE
familiarity?c1225
amoura1300
amity1437
cronyism1840
mateship1849
palship1865
philia1938
1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 153 I here took Folkstone's part.., completely clearing Folkstone from having any hand in inducing me from ‘palship’ with Joe.
1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 300 There is no ‘palship’ between a thief and his ‘fence’.
1936 P. M. Clark Autobiogr. Old Drifter xiv. 200 The wonderful pal-ship of dogs is to me an everlasting delight.
1966 Listener 23 June 897/2 The whole feuding quartet had been invited..to join the presidential plane and put on a show of unanimity and palship.
1999 N.Y. Times 7 Feb. i. 41/2 It began about a year ago as the most casual kind of palship, one formed in a New York gym.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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