buddyroo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Popularized by The Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
Meanings
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(slang) A close friend or pal.
You'd thought they'd taken baths in the same bathtub or something when they were little kids. Old buddyroos. It was nauseating.
1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 165:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buddyroos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |