bosom friend

[ booz-uhm frend ]

/ ˈbʊz əm ˈfrɛnd /

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noun

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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Origin of bosom friend

First recorded in 1580–90

Words nearby bosom friend

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian, bosom, bosom buddy, bosomed, bosom friend, bosomy, boson, Bosporus, bosquet, boss

How to use bosom friend in a sentence

In an email exchange a friend said many had repeated this same succinct review but they could never elaborate.
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The two strengthened ties over the years and now Krauss considers Epstein a “close” and “considerate” friend.
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What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.
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Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
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The gentleman was listed as Orthodox and kosher, which is way too religious for my friend whose JSwipe account I was test-driving.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
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It is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

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