bosom friend

[booz-uhm frend] / ˈbʊz əm ˈfrɛnd /

NOUN

intimate friend

Synonyms

WEAK

best friend bosom buddy close friend companion confidant dear friend pal soul mate

Example Sentences

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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

R�camier became the bosom friend of the detested Mme. de Sta�l, thus forming an "alliance of two weak creatures who face their oppressors together."

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

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.

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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