secret partner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of secret partner
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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He was the secret partner in the $722 million purchase of 20th Century-Fox in 1981.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rich, a secret partner with Denver Oilman Marvin Davis in the 1981 purchase of the film studio, sold his shares to Davis last week for a reported $116 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
I ran a store and was a secret partner in a saloon that paid better than the store.
From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick
While Timmins, returning from his breakfast on this busy Monday, wondered at Mr. Fritz Braun delaying his comfortable luncheon, Mr. Adolph Lilienthal was anxiously awaiting his secret partner in villainy at the "Newport Art Gallery."
From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard
I will be your secret partner, and supply the funds to start with.
From Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Balzac, Honoré de
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