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"ref": "1903, P. G. Wodehouse, A Prefect's Uncle, A & C Black",
"text": "‘Well, look here, old chap,’ he said, ‘let's have strict business between friends. If you'll pay me back four quid at the end of term, you shall have the two pounds. How does that strike you?’",
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"Affectionate term of address for a man."
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"(UK, dated) Affectionate term of address for a man."
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"word": "old fellow"
}
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "mon vieux"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "mon grand"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "altes Haus"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "alter Schwede"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קשישא"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
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"masculine"
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"word": "vecchio mio"
},
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
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"ref": "1987, Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I",
"text": "Withnail: You fill this with piss, take this pipe down the trouser, and sellotape this valve to the end of the old chap. Then you get horribly drunk, and they can't fucking touch you.",
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},
{
"text": "1997-99, various writers, Blue Jam\nDR PERLIN: I'll need to have a look at your old chap."
}
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"The penis."
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"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "mon vieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "mon grand"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "altes Haus"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"word": "alter Schwede"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קשישא"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
"tags": [
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"word": "vecchio mio"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "Affectionate term of address for a man",
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