bosom friend
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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
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
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
One of his ancestors had been a bosom friend of Henry VIII, and the men of Northampton had never bothered greatly about what others said.
From Time Magazine Archive
I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
