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bosom friend

[booz-uhm frend] / ˈbʊz əm ˈfrɛnd /


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In China she met Maggie, also from the U. S., and became her bosom friend.

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

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

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

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



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