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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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

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

It was he who, as a bosom friend, stayed by Long's death bed. rushed out with the first news of his passing.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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