Sweet mate

Newguesthis sweet mate,

His present girl friend.

Could it also mean a boy friend?

Newguestsweet mate

No. suite mate

The two are pronounced the same way.

Students are often housed in dormitories at a university. If the dormitory rooms are shared by two or more students, they are called "suites". Everyone who lives together in the same suite is a "suite mate" to the others in that suite.

So if you and I live in t

CalifJim If the dormitory rooms are shared by two or more students, they are called "suites".

I wouldn't call a single bedroom holding two students a suite -- that would just be a double room, and the person you share it with would be your roommate. A suite would be, for instance, several individual or shared bedrooms, plus a living room and bathroom shared b

Very well. Dot the i's and cross the t's.
At least I managed to get across the main idea that a sweet isn't a suite.

khoff "suite mates."

I suppose the determination of "sweet" versus "suite" will have to come from the context.
There are lots of mates:

Housemate - sharing a house
Roommate - sharing a room
flatmate - sharing an apartment (British English)
shipmate - sharing a ship, or people who live on a ship together. (bunkmate is even a closer sha