bosom friend
Example Sentences
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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
In China she met Maggie, also from the U. S., and became her bosom friend.
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
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
But anyhow, she’s yo’ bosom friend, so you better go see ’bout her.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
