Word: mateyness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...from Knavery. The fifth of a stonemason's seven sons, Leslie Townes Hope was born in Eltham, England in 1904. (He later changed Leslie to Lester because it sounded more masculine, Lester to Bob because it sounded more matey...
Time enough to pay dry-cleaning bills and to wonder whittler we will miss the 2300 "All-Secure" and the delicious moment of tumbling back into the lower bunk after the matey has dragged "All Feet on Deck" at 0645... and that crush at the mailboxes with at least fifty witness to the fact that you got six letters and a package and it wasn't your birthday...and the armed foroes we are leaving behind us... Now don't let us get mellow. time enough for that, too, when celebrating our WAVE wedding on June 9 when Ensign Jean...
...anyone could find out for a long time, their net accomplishment seemed to be the cultivation of a lovely acquaintanceship with each other. Scuttlebutt was rife on the subject of who was going to entertain whom in the very hear future when on Monday evening the matey came by to ask "All secure?" and "Are you going to the tea dance to be given for us on Saturday from 1600 to 1800 by the men of the NSCS?" Gentlemen, we are happy to be your guests...