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    Well, me old china plates, cobbers, friends and comrades, can anyone of you tell me the origin of the word "buddy" in American speech and writing?

    Question #46804. Asked by shady shaker. (Apr 25 04 3:01 AM)


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    buddy - 1850, Amer.Eng., possibly an alteration of brother, or from Brit. colloquial butty "companion" (1802), itself perhaps a variant of booty in booty fellow "confederate who shares plunder" (1530). But butty, meaning "work-mate," also was a localized dialect word in England and Wales, attested since 18c., and long associated with coal miners.


    Apr 25 04, 11:38 AM

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