How did this matey party occur?
I am anxious tonight to be matey.
Indeed, when he began to examine the legislation he started his memorandum by saying that he was on the side of the dockyard matey.
The first letter is usually couched in matey language, slightly patronising, perhaps, but friendly.
Dalton, one might say, in his "matey" style, his condescending style.
One of my most treasured ship's company photographs is of myself surrounded by a dockyard matey ship's company of 500 people.
I presume that the matey, horseshoe structure is designed to get us to agree.
Certainly one of the big problems of introducing outside contractors into the dockyards is that the mateys are working alongside the artisans and skilled men from private enterprise.
