bedfellow
[ bed-fel-oh ]
/ ˈbɛdˌfɛl oʊ /
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noun
Also called bedmate. a person who shares one's bed.
an associate or collaborator, especially one who forms a temporary alliance for reasons of expediency: Politics makes strange bedfellows.
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bedfellow
/ (ˈbɛdˌfɛləʊ) /
noun
a person with whom one shares a bed
a temporary ally or associate
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