bon ami
Americannoun
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a good friend.
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a sweetheart or lover.
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In public there were the usual invocations of George Washington’s bon ami, the Marquis de Lafayette, whom Biden referred to — during his welcome address on the South Lawn — as “Marcus.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
And as if to illustrate the conciliatory spirit, there was much post-debate bon ami between Mr Barlow, Geonopolis and, bizarrely, the French movie director Luc Besson.
From BBC • May 25, 2011
Estelle came and embraced her and was voluble over the failings of her "bon ami," the sardonic manager.
From The Hippodrome by Hayward, Rachel
I sends un cartel—you comprends—to ze gros bon ami de ma Marie, ce cochon d’un épicier!
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
Mon bon ami, ne pensez pas que je vous ai oubli� ou que je vous oublierai jamais.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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