bosom buddy
[ booz-uhm buhd-ee ]
/ ˈbʊz əm ˈbʌd i /
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noun, plural bos·om bud·dies.
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.
a nefarious associate or co-conspirator: After the Soviet takeover in 1920, the building was occupied by one of Stalin's bosom buddies.
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Origin of bosom buddy
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby bosom buddy
Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian, bosom, bosom buddy, bosomed, bosom friend, bosomy, boson, Bosporus
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