fidus Achates
Example Sentences
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He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since Binny Wallace's death, Pepper Whitcomb had been my fidus Achates; we occupied desks near each other at school, and were always together in play hours.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
I shall be very glad of it, and promise to be his fidus Achates in every sense, for the public as well as his own service.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
We saw him prospecting up and down the train, hunting for a seat, followed by his fidus Achates.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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