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 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 true yokefellow of the apostle, possibly Epaphroditus, and a certain Clement, possibly the Clement who was afterwards Bishop of Rome, are exhorted to try to bring about their reconciliation.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
It grieveth me much, that I want time and freedom of mind to discourse with thee, my faithful yokefellow, in those things which thy sweet letters offer me so plentiful occasion for.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)
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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