deskmate
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[edit]deskmate (plural deskmates)
- One who sits with another person at the same desk.
- 1993, Siegmar Muehl, Trading cultures in the classroom: two American teachers in China:
- At our school, pupils could not choose their own deskmates.
- One who sits with another person at neighbouring (frequently, touching) desks.