[Ads-l] early "buddy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

19th C. exx.. of the now universally known "buddy" are exceedingly rare. As
"friend or comrade; (hence in direct address to a male stranger)" the term
seems to have been popularized especially during World War One; originally
it was a pet form of "brother."

So here's a good one:

1882 _Weekly Defiance_ (Atlanta, Ga.) (Oct. 24) 3: Buddie, where do you
board? --Nun yer buziniss.

JL

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