"old mate" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An elderly man."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Australia) An elderly man."
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        "colloquial"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "colloquial"
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        "Australia"
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  "word": "old mate"
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "We were sitting at the bar when old mate came and asked us for a cigarette."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An elderly man."
      ],
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        "(colloquial, Australia) An elderly man."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "colloquial"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Old mate dropped by and we watched the cricket for a bit."
        }
      ],
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        "In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context."
      ],
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        "(colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK) In general, any person, whose specific identity can be deduced from context."
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