sleeping partner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sleeping partner
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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He tried to call my sleeping partner, who didn't answer, so he then called the Ossining police.
From Salon • May 27, 2023
Still, snoring itself is not a disorder, no matter what your sleeping partner might say.
From New York Times • May 12, 2022
Every night around 2 a.m., my sleeping partner wakes me up because she’s thirsty and needs a bathroom break.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
It's almost always the sleeping partner who nudges a snorer to see Tagge in the first place.
From US News • Jun. 16, 2015
"Miss Clifford, for a merchant's daughter, and the sleeping partner in a great mercantile house, you appear to nourish very disrespectful ideas of accounts and the office desk," said he, with revolting indifference.
From Partners A Novel. by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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