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crèchemate en · NOUN

Etymology

From crèche + mate.

Meanings

1. A person with whom one shares a crèche.
   • I put it back in my cubby, next to a chain a crèchemate gave me when I was little and a gingko leaf preserved in some kind of molded crystal. 2019, Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night, Saga Press, →ISBN, page 194:
   • “Lsel has lots of children running around—usually in big crèchemate agegroups — I got into all sorts of things when I was that age. 2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor Books, →ISBN:
   • 2018, Val Roberts, The Unique Solution, Wylde Hare Press “You expect me to believe you have an Exec crèchemate?” He curled his lip and leaned in close.

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