Example sentences from the Web for hail-fellow-well-met

Cf. the use of the phrase "to be hail-fellow-well-met with anyone."
Narcissus|Unknown
When at college he was a hail-fellow-well-met, a leader in athletics and in matters upon which faculties frown.
Graustark|George Barr McCutcheon
This man is hail-fellow-well-met with young Montjoy; a visitor in his home and is spending money like water.
Sons and Fathers|Harry Stillwell Edwards
And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent.
Kidnapped|Robert Louis Stevenson

There had been nothing snobbish about Tim; he was hail-fellow-well-met with every voter east of Broadway.
Much Ado About Peter|Jean Webster

hail-fellow-well-met

adjective

genial and familiar, esp in an offensive or ingratiating waya hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back

Words nearby hail-fellow-well-met

Hail Columbia, Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I, Hailey and Hailey disease, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for hail-fellow-well-met

hail-fellow-well-met

A term describing a person who is superficially friendly and is always trying to gain friends. Such a person may also be referred to as a “glad-hander.”

单词	hail-fellow-well-met
释义	Example sentences from the Web for hail-fellow-well-met Cf. the use of the phrase "to be hail-fellow-well-met with anyone." Narcissus\|Unknown When at college he was a hail-fellow-well-met, a leader in athletics and in matters upon which faculties frown. Graustark\|George Barr McCutcheon This man is hail-fellow-well-met with young Montjoy; a visitor in his home and is spending money like water. Sons and Fathers\|Harry Stillwell Edwards And at first he sings small, and is hail-fellow-well-met with Sheamus—that's James of the Glens, my chieftain's agent. Kidnapped\|Robert Louis Stevenson There had been nothing snobbish about Tim; he was hail-fellow-well-met with every voter east of Broadway. Much Ado About Peter\|Jean Webster hail-fellow-well-met adjective genial and familiar, esp in an offensive or ingratiating waya hail-fellow-well-met slap on the back Words nearby hail-fellow-well-met Hail Columbia, Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I, Hailey and Hailey disease, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for hail-fellow-well-met hail-fellow-well-met A term describing a person who is superficially friendly and is always trying to gain friends. Such a person may also be referred to as a “glad-hander.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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