bosom buddy

[ booz-uhm buhd-ee ]
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noun,plural bos·om bud·dies.
  1. a close or intimate friend; bosom friend: I didn't lack for friends, but had no particular bosom buddy.Since third grade she and I have been kindred spirits and bosom buddies.

  2. a nefarious associate or co-conspirator: After the Soviet takeover in 1920, the building was occupied by one of Stalin's bosom buddies.

Origin of bosom buddy

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First recorded in 1920–25

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