bosom friend

[ booz-uhm frend ]
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noun
  1. a close or intimate friend: After her family moved to another country, Ayana continued to stay in touch with the bosom friend she left behind.

Origin of bosom friend

1
First recorded in 1580–90

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How to use bosom friend in a sentence

  • His bosom friend, John Barton, made his exit from the world's stage April 16, 1875.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • John Kettlewell died in 1695, to Nelson's great loss, for he was indeed a bosom friend.

    The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
  • To be able to have a woman come to wash the dishes without making a bosom friend of her, and having her hear all the conversation!

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • I want to interdoodle my most bosom friend, Mr. Clinton Thayer, of Vay-gin-yah, sah!

    Left Tackle Thayer | Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Giuki now wanted a wife for Gunnar, and the brothers with their bosom friend set out to woo.