bosom friend
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bosom friend
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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It was he who, as a bosom friend, stayed by Long's death bed. rushed out with the first news of his passing.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a bosom friend of the Prime Minister's son, Horace Walpole, and might have climbed in 18th century London's brightest society.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let there be no propaganda, said Creel to his bosom friend, Woodrow Wilson; let there be "unparalleled openness," "expression, not repression"�in short, "voluntary censorship."
From Time Magazine Archive
But most of the new material consists of Author Gogarty's telling a lot more stories about his bosom friend Dr. Gogarty.
From Time Magazine Archive
I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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