So he just wandered about the streets aimlessly, now and then meeting an old workmate who asked him to have a drink, but this was not often, for nearly all of them were out of work and penniless.
"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists"
Robert Tressell
A "workmate" stood in the living room near the door to the hall.
"O+F"
John Moncure Wetterau