Meaning of Bedfellow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One with whom one shares a bed.
2. An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
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Equivalents

Examples

“Yong budding Virgin, faire, and freſh,& ſweet, / Whether away, or whether is thy aboade? / Happy the Parents of ſo faire a childe; / Happier the man whom fauourable ſtars / A lots thee for his louely bedfellow.”

“Car[azie]. / In the day I waite on my Lady when ſhe eates, / Carry⟳ her pantophles, beare vp her trayne / Sing⟳ her aſleepe at night, and when ſhe pleaſes / I am her bedfellow. / Gaz[et]. / How? her bedfellow, / And lye with her? / Car[azie]. / Yes, and lye with her.”

“Therefore, grave mistresses of fate, I pray / That I may never live⟳ to see⟳ the day / When Zeus takes me for his bedfellow;”

“They say⟳ that "misfortune makes men acquainted with strange bedfellows". The old hereditary Whig Cabinet ministers must, no doubt⟳, by this time have⟳ learned to feel⟳ themselves at home with strange neighbours at their elbows.”

“Certain aspects of reprint publishing are more akin to university press⟳ publishing than to any other sector of the publishing industry, but the relationships between the two frequently create⟳ unwilling bedfellows.”

“Statistics and truth can be uneasy bedfellows when it comes to football, but one fact could not be ignored: neither side has a player with more than seven goals to his name⟳.”

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