yokefellow
Americannoun
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an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
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a spouse.
noun
Etymology
Origin of yokefellow
Example Sentences
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The yokefellow referred to was supposed by some to have been the husband of one of the women, while others think that he was some eminent minister.
From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
The ever-young spirit will have for true yokefellow a body that cannot tire, nor grow old, nor die.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Maclaren, Alexander
To yoke me as his yokefellow, our crimes our common cause.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
A gaunt, brown dog, of middle size, was his yokefellow.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
Yes, one: the same grim yokefellow whose delight it is 'to gather roses in the spring' paid ghastly court to her faded charms, and won her—who shall say an unwilling bride?
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 by Chambers, William
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