messmate | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Messmate
·noun An associate in a mess. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
messmate
n. name given to one of theGum-trees, Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill., and often toother species of ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
messmate
A companion of the same mess-table, hence comrades in many ways; whence the saw: "Messmate before a ...

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