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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Comrades

(2 syl.). Those who sleep in the same bed-chamber. It is a Spanish military term derived from the custom of dividing soldiers into chambers. The proper spelling is camerades, men of the same camera (chamber).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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