old sport

English

A term of endearment used to a friend.
- 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter VII, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 884653065; republished New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1953, →ISBN:
  
  "Why not let her alone, old sport?" remarked Gatsby. "You're the one that wanted to come to town."

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