bosom friend

American  

[booz-uhm frend] / ˈbʊz əm ˈfrɛnd /

noun

1. a close or intimate friend.

   After her family moved to another country, Ayana continued to stay in touch with the bosom friend she left behind.

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Etymology

Origin of bosom friend

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

For the past three years Alan Patrick Herbert, Punch staff member and tireless contributor, has been regaling readers with the letters of Topsy, exclamatory and energetic post-War type, to her bosom friend.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 is credited with having been a bosom friend of Phineas Taylor Barnum, whom he, as an infant, vaguely remembers having once seen saluting patrons at his show.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of his ancestors had been a bosom friend of Henry VIII, and the men of Northampton had never bothered greatly about what others said.

From Time Magazine Archive

So she went straight to her bosom friend, Pheoby Watson, and told her about it.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston