1918 R. D. Paine xii. 272 It ain't nacheral, buddy boy. Who is that ol' tarrapin that's master of her?
1958 B. Holiday viii. 76 If one of those cats loves you, I'm sorry, you've got yourself a buddy-boy.
1971 Apr. 61 I been your buddy-boy through it all.
2000 T. Robbins 11 Don't think this lets you off the hook, buddy boy. I don't have to tell you what a wicked degenerate you are.