bonne amie
Americannoun
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a good female friend.
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a female sweetheart or lover.
Example Sentences
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Revenez bientôt, ma bonne amie, ma chère Mdlle.
From Jane Eyre by Townsend, F. H.
And here a voice, the voice of the directress, interposed: "Mademoiselle Henri, je crois qu'il va pleuvoir; vous feriez bien, ma bonne amie, de retourner chez vous tout de suite."
From The Professor by Brontë, Charlotte
"A spiteful fool, ma bonne amie, a spiteful fool is still more foolish," Stepan Trofimovitch protested magnanimously.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Mais, ma bonne amie, granted that I may make a mistake, yet have I not the common, human, eternal, supreme right of freedom of conscience?
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
The pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec
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