Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hail-fellow-well-met

(A). One on easy, familiar terms. (See Jockey.)

Hail fellow well met, all dirty and wet;
Find out, if you can, who's master, who's man.

Swift: My Lady's Lamentation.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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