Meaning of breakfast-mate | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone with whom one eats breakfast.

Examples

“CIA Director George Tenet was eating breakfast at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington that morning. When he heard about the first plane, he immediately asked, “Was it an attack? It sounds like⟳ an attack,” and then told his breakfast-mate, “This is bin Laden. His fingerprints are all over it.””

“Elijah tore off a mouthful of toast, put⟳ the rest⟳ down, and looked at his breakfast-mates.”

“Ollie Odom (Vada doesn’t speak⟳ much to his breakfast-mates, but he’s come⟳ to know⟳ who they are) knows better than to give⟳ his fellow patrons the satisfaction of watching him try⟳ to snap⟳ the jacket at the waist—you can’t pen a sow⟳ in a saucer, and may as well not try⟳—but still they have⟳ to avert their eyes in kindness when he shambles down the tight aisle between tables.”

“When he finally rose, he did not bid good-bye to his breakfast-mates, but merely forced out a smile⟳, which looked like⟳ a grimace.”

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