"bezzie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-bezzie.ogg [Australia] Forms: bezzies [plural]
Etymology: Compare bestie. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bezzie (plural bezzies)
  1. (slang) A best friend. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-bezzie-en-noun-ovzHcYTG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare bestie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bezzies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Katie Flynn, Heading Home, page 148",
          "text": "Claudia had been his best pal... no, that wasn't quite right. She was younger than him and boys did not have girls for their bezzies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You",
          "text": "I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…]",
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        "A best friend."
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        "(slang) A best friend."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…]",
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        "(slang) A best friend."
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