bosom friend
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bosom friend
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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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
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
He was a bosom friend of the Prime Minister's son, Horace Walpole, and might have climbed in 18th century London's brightest society.
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
But anyhow, she’s yo’ bosom friend, so you better go see ’bout her.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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