Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fresh herring in which the roe or milt is perfectly but not largely developed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Eng. & Scot. A fat herring with undeveloped roe.
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Examples
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I agree that single patrolling is a bad idea, I have lost count of the times I have stopped 2 or more known criminals seeing me on my own 1 will “kick off” requiring all my diplomacy and tact to calm him down while matie with the class A/Stolen items walks away quietly.
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I worked in the shipping industry for two decades and I knew ship's captains and mates who risked their lives sailing through waters infested by real pirates; not the "Aargh, Avast ye matie" shouting buffoons with funny hats, but desperate young men in high speed boats wielding AK47s and RPGs.
Richard Spilman: "The Golden Age of Piracy" or Long John Silver in a Tank
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You'll reinstitute the dual pronoun or you'll walk the plank, matie!" or, even "Aaarh!
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You'll reinstitute the dual pronoun or you'll walk the plank, matie!" or, even "Aaarh!
Wherein My Stream of Consciousness Becomes More Random Than Ever Before
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I'm not sure why, or what it means to you personally, but the fact still remains, that today is the day... matie
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I'm not sure why, or what it means to you personally, but the fact still remains, that today is the day... matie
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Between men of the incoming and outgoing battalions such casual greetings were exchanged as: "Wot's it like up here, matie?"
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"You've everything fixed nicely, have you, matie?"
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"You're all right, matie!" he said, slapping Dan-on the shoulder.
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Because the cook was on the floor and the matie had to do the work.
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