A friend or casual acquaintance.
A partner for a particular activity.
An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
To assign a buddy, or partner, to.
A person far removed from the conversation.
Resembling a bud.
A friend or mate
A person who maintains railway lines.
Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.
Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.