Old mate

1. An Australian colloquialism that can be used to refer to any person, animal or object, regardless of gender. The Term is also valid regardless whether old mate is present. The identity of old mate is generally indicated by the context of the phrase.
2. An Australia colloquialism that can be used to refer to anyone whose identity cannot be discerned, or is not known well by the person using the phrase.

Old mate came over to my place when he was stoned as fuck, and started firin' shotty shells at my fucking cat. The bastard...

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Old Mate

The example of a person your teacher uses.

So, imagine me and my friend, lets just call him "Old Mate".

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Old mate

Old mate is a male drug dealer

I wanted to score drugs so I went and saw my old mate

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Old mate

A politically correct way of referring to “that dirty old bastard”, ie. a third person, usually a creepy chap, sitting a few barstools away from you and your group at your local pub.

There we were after work at the pub playing pool, when old mate, decides to pull the smooth moves on my mates missus!
That dirty old bastard! He can have her mate...

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