Pally

The O′Briens are the palliest of pals with the Prince of Wales and when HRH is in Biarritz he and Jay are inseparable.

Words are the friendliest and palliest things I know.

[…]he was a champion boozer and the palliest bloke in the pub.

2006, Vidar Helgesen, Erik Solheim, The Straight Talkers, Harriet Martin (editor), Kofi Atta Annan (foreword), Kings of Peace, Pawns of War: The Untold Story of Peace-Making, page 112, And with each round the two negotiating teams got more and more pally. ‘By the sixth round we were having Jacuzzis together!’

When there were Australian officers everyone was more pally and sociable which made it easier for the lady in charge to entertain the party.

The chap I′m most pally with is Fright who is nearly sixty now but still climbs like a youngster.

‘Sit here, pally.’ He pushed me down.

Well, a lot of water has flown under the bridges since then, pally, and while I have been laying off lately, I′m still the same old Joey, which is more than I can say for that O′Hara creep.

Ahmed the Turk grinned. “You call this hot, chommy? Pally, we used to take slices off the heat, put them on our biscuits and make toast.”

As the Giants moved West, most accepted Horace Stoneham′s apologia: “I can′t stay where I am, pally. If I don′t move the team I go bankrupt. Except for Chub [Feeney], all my relatives would starve.”