bonne amie
Americannoun
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a good female friend.
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a female sweetheart or lover.
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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
"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
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