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flatmate

NOUN
roommate
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Keating has enlisted the help of an old flatmate, Louise, with whom he shared digs during the early days of her group Eternal.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2025

The best she and her flatmate could do, she says, is to have movie nights in a box room that they also use to hang their washing.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2025

His flatmate, Michael Caine, took the role instead and it launched his career.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2025

“And . . . your flatmate, she hasn’t noticed that you don’t go to work every day?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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