copartner

Example Sentences

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In 1924 the British threw the remaining troops of their "copartner" out of the Sudan; 16 months ago, the Egyptians got equally fed up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bobby did not like the idea of having such a copartner as Tom Spicer, and he did not like to tell him so.

From Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright by Optic, Oliver

But he would not permit himself to become a silent copartner in what, to his strict notion of the inviolability of the marriage contract, was one of the most heinous crimes against society and morals.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Thompson, Slason

Perhaps intimate acquaintance had also tended to enable him to appreciate, with greater accuracy, the meretricious genius and artificial tastes of his copartner in The Liberal. 

From The Life of Lord Byron by Galt, John

He believed she might have made him an admirable copartner and practical helpmeet: he was wrong.

From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Harte, Bret