Breakfast-mate
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone with whom one eats breakfast.
"CIA Director George Tenet was eating breakfast at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington that morning. When he heard about the first plane, he immediately asked, “Was it an attack? It sounds like an attack,” and then told his breakfast-mate, “This is bin Laden. His fingerprints are all over it.”"
Example
More examples"CIA Director George Tenet was eating breakfast at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington that morning. When he heard about the first plane, he immediately asked, “Was it an attack? It sounds like an attack,” and then told his breakfast-mate, “This is bin Laden. His fingerprints are all over it.”"
Etymology
From breakfast + -mate.
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