bosom friend
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Mary Dempsey, who changed her name to Beatricci D'Este and finally settled for Mary Desti, was the bosom friend of Isadora Duncan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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