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

But most of the new material consists of Author Gogarty's telling a lot more stories about his bosom friend Dr. Gogarty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let there be no propaganda, said Creel to his bosom friend, Woodrow Wilson; let there be "unparalleled openness," "expression, not repression"�in short, "voluntary censorship."

From Time Magazine Archive

To begin with, in the quarter-final match between burly young John Doeg* of California and Tilden's bosom friend, Frank Hunter, Tilden insisted on audibly coaching Hunter from the sidelines.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nathan Rothschild, no bosom friend of Wellington, did bid for a loan to France after Napoleon's first defeat, sent the market down by selling his own government bonds when his bid was refused.

From Time Magazine Archive

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens