BEDFELLOW

bedfellow

(noun) a person with whom you share a bed

bedfellow

(noun) a temporary associate; “politics makes strange bedfellows”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bedfellow (plural bedfellows)

One with whom one shares a bed.

Synonym: bedmate

An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.

Source: Wiktionary


Bed"fel`low, n.

Definition: One who lies with another in the same bed; a person who shares one's couch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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