"bosom buddy" meaning in English

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      "form": "bosom buddies",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "bosom buddy (plural bosom buddies)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967 January 13, Paul O'Neil, “Super Bowl's Superman”, in Life, retrieved 2010-11-23, page 78:",
          "text": "He made a telephone call to his bosom buddy, drinking companion and confidant, CBS Sports Director Bill MacPhail.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Stephen King, The Regulators, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Although they were far from bosom buddies, she liked Mary Jackson as much as anyone on the street.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 November 15, Matthew Cooper, “2004 Election: Candidates In the Wings”, in Time:",
          "text": "Campaigning together frequently this fall, the former rivals became, if not bosom buddies, closer than either ever expected.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very close friend."
      ],
      "id": "en-bosom_buddy-en-noun-FpNboHBB",
      "links": [
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A very close friend."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "bosom friend"
        },
        {
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "cater-cousin"
        },
        {
          "sense": "very close friend",
          "word": "intimate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bosom buddy"
}

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      "form": "bosom buddies",
      "tags": [
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  ],
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      "expansion": "bosom buddy (plural bosom buddies)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967 January 13, Paul O'Neil, “Super Bowl's Superman”, in Life, retrieved 2010-11-23, page 78:",
          "text": "He made a telephone call to his bosom buddy, drinking companion and confidant, CBS Sports Director Bill MacPhail.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Stephen King, The Regulators, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Although they were far from bosom buddies, she liked Mary Jackson as much as anyone on the street.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 November 15, Matthew Cooper, “2004 Election: Candidates In the Wings”, in Time:",
          "text": "Campaigning together frequently this fall, the former rivals became, if not bosom buddies, closer than either ever expected.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very close friend."
      ],
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          "friend",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A very close friend."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "bosom friend"
    },
    {
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "cater-cousin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "very close friend",
      "word": "intimate"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bosom buddy"
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