(cronies)
You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them. (INFORMAL)
He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
N-COUNT: usu poss N disapproval
(cronies)
You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them. (INFORMAL)
He returned from a lunchtime drinking session with his business cronies.
N-COUNT: usu poss N disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012