Ex-partner
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who was once a partner (any sense) but is not one any more.
"The wiseguy repeatedly knocked the businessman's ex-partner, who both agreed was a lazy son of a bitch and didn't hold up his end of the business."
Example
More examples"The wiseguy repeatedly knocked the businessman's ex-partner, who both agreed was a lazy son of a bitch and didn't hold up his end of the business."
Etymology
From ex- + partner.
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