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noun
A good friend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, rare
Qualifier: Gulf states dialects
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verb
To hang out with (friends).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, rare
Qualifier: Gulf states' dialects
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History
From Choctaw itibapishili (“(he or she is a) sibling, friend; (we) nursed together”), from itibapishi (“sibling, friend, one who was nursed together with (someone)”), from iti (“each other”) (compare Creek eta (“the same; oneself; in compounds: joined, two, each other”)) + iba (“with”) + pishi (“suckle”) (compare Creek pese, epese (“(her) breast”)). The English term was first used in print in 1962 in Faulkner's The Reivers.
