Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who goes or works next to another.

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Examples

  • For some time his curiosity had been stirred by the unusual attentions paid to Skippy Bedelle by his old side-partner, Doc Macnooder.

    Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Owen Johnson 1915

  • Slowly the throbbing engine drove the launch and its unwieldy side-partner against the swift current.

    V. Up the River of Tapirs 1914

  • "School for you, and I'll get another side-partner."

    Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Talbot Mundy 1909

  • "Well, don't try the fool trick your side-partner did today," said Mr. Robey, smiling.

    Left Guard Gilbert Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

  • "No. I talked things over with your -- er -- side-partner and he decided to give it back."

    Fair Harbor Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • "My name is Casey and this is my side-partner, Mr. O'Rourke," said the shorter and fatter of the two as they seated themselves without waiting to be asked.

    The Fortune Hunter 1906

  • Why, this morning when the piece came out in the _Gazette_, tellin 'the whole town that the feller's side-partner was that yellow cur-dog Stanhope, I says to the boys, first thing:' Boys, we gotter watch Jim Hackley mighty careful to-day, 'says I.' I'm afeard there'll be gun-play before sunset. '

    Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

  • This side-partner of yours didn't get his pay before he went ashore with the spring-line;

    The Price Francis Lynde 1893

  • "My name is Casey and this is my side-partner, Mr. O'Rourke," said the shorter and fatter of the two as they seated themselves without waiting to be asked.

    The Fortune Hunter David Graham Phillips 1889

  • You know Clarence wants to be U.S. senator and you will remember that Clarence was at the head of the deporting committee during the Cripple Creek strike, and besides Clarence is a side-partner of Mr. Copeland's brother over in Cripple Creek ...

    Aspen Times - Top Stories 2008

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