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bedfellow

[bed-fel-oh] / ˈbɛdˌfɛl oʊ /


NOUN
roommate
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Peek inside Puerto Vallarta and you’ll discover a curious little pop-up shop inside the restaurant advertising “Himalayan Tea,” dosas, and pink salt, a theoretically strange bedfellow for a Mexican family restaurant.

From Seattle Times Oct. 17, 2022

Is Musk a strange bedfellow they can live with to save people?

From Washington Post May 3, 2022

Light, spiced and not too sweet – although if upping the sweetness is in order, they’d make a good bedfellow for that banana jam ...

From The Guardian Jun. 19, 2020

The bill has attracted strange bedfellow supporters, including both the billionaire conservative brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch and the American Civil Liberties Union.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2018

There was a slight mist when John Longridge rose early the following morning, having fought a losing battle for the middle of the bed with his uninvited bedfellow.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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