You are now on matey terms with everyone from ministers to waiters.
Finally, with regard to formal variation, only few examples are recorded in the corpus: the diminutive form "matey", the possessive form "my" "mate", and the more intimate form "old mate".
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.
I presume that the matey, horseshoe structure is designed to get us to agree.
One of my most treasured ship's company photographs is of myself surrounded by a dockyard matey ship's company of 500 people.
Dalton, one might say, in his "matey" style, his condescending style.
The first letter is usually couched in matey language, slightly patronising, perhaps, but friendly.
Indeed, when he began to examine the legislation he started his memorandum by saying that he was on the side of the dockyard matey.
