Chum-buddy
noun
A particularly close friend: Yesterday’s villains are tomorrow’s chum-buddies (1950s+)
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[chuhm-ee] /ˈtʃʌm i/ adjective, chummier, chummiest. Informal. 1. friendly; intimate; sociable. /ˈtʃʌmɪ/ adjective -mier, -miest 1. (informal) friendly adj. 1874, from chum (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Chumminess. Previously it was a noun, a common name for a chimney sweep, as a corruption of chinmey. adjective Very friendly; buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy (1880s+) noun chum1 (1840s+)
- Chumming
[chuhm] /tʃʌm/ noun 1. a close or intimate companion: boyhood chums. 2. a roommate, as at college. verb (used without object), chummed, chumming. 3. to associate closely. 4. to share a room or rooms with another, especially in a dormitory at a college or prep school. [chuhm] /tʃʌm/ noun 1. cut or ground bait dumped […]
- Chummy
[chuhm-ee] /ˈtʃʌm i/ adjective, chummier, chummiest. Informal. 1. friendly; intimate; sociable. /ˈtʃʌmɪ/ adjective -mier, -miest 1. (informal) friendly adj. 1874, from chum (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Chumminess. Previously it was a noun, a common name for a chimney sweep, as a corruption of chinmey. adjective Very friendly; buddy-buddy, palsy-walsy (1880s+) noun chum1 (1840s+)