PARTNER (relationship)
(also see HUSBAND, WIFE, SPOUSE)
NOUNS
► PALIMONY compensation claimed by a deserted partner after a couple who are not married, but have lived together for a long time, split up; usually the province only of the rich and/or famous → 1970s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BETTER HALF a person’s husband, wife or (in later use) partner → a1586
► CORRIVAL a partner; one having equal claims, or admitted to equal right → a1592 obs.
► G a friend, a partner; also, a term of address → 1980s sl., orig. African-American
► GEE a partner; also, a term of address or praise → 1995 African-American sl.
► HER INDOORS one’s wife, or female partner → 2004 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► INFERIOR HALF one’s wife or partner → L19 sl.. generally jocular usage
► L.I.L. one’s unmarried partner for the time being; Live-In Lover → 20C Brit colloq.
► MARROW a companion, a fellow-worker, a partner, a mate → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAUGH a companion; a partner, a colleague → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISS RIGHT one’s destined partner, husband or wife → 1958 Eng. sl. (Bk.)
► NEIGHBOUR a partner; a fellow-servant; a bedfellow → 1871 Sc.
► ODD COUPLE two people who seem unlikely as partners, mates, etc. → 1965 US sl.
► PARD a partner, a mate, a very close friend, a companion, an associate → 1850 sl., chiefly US
► RIGHT BOWER a close friend, a partner, an accomplice → 1829 chiefly US
► TAKE-ON a woman living with a man who is not her husband → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► GOOD JACK MAKES A GOOD JILL, A a good husband makes a good wife; a good master makes a good servant; if one partner treats the other well, he or she will be treated well in turn → 1784
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