Synonyms:
couple, mates, match
Meaning: a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
Usage examples
'Bout ship, mates!
We'll have to budge, mates."
SATAN beheld thir plight, And to his Mates thus in derision call'd.
And then, mates, us that has the boats, I reckon, has the upper hand."
One leaned over the conning-tower hatch and shouted to his mates below.
"Huzza, mates, all together!" shouted Merry; and the foremost broke into a run.
"Aye, mates," said he, "it's lucky you have Barbecue to think for you with this here head.
Some one of her teachers always looked out for her. They all pitied her, and naturally did everything they could for her, as did her mates at school.
"Look here, mates," said Jerry; "the gentleman offered me half a crown extra, but I didn't take it; 'twas quite pay enough for me to see how glad he was to catch that train; and if Jack and I choose to have a quick run now and then to please ourselves, that's our business and not yours."
He was certainly longer in the back than we care for nowadays, and his head also was shorter, and his jaw more snipy than is now seen, but his portrait clearly shows he was a genuine Scottish Terrier, and there is no doubt that he, with his kennel mates, Tartan, Crofter, Syringa, Cavack, and Posey, conferred benefit upon the breed.