"friend of mine" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-friend of mine.ogg [Australia] Forms: friends of mine [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|friends of mine}} friend of mine (plural friends of mine)
  1. (US, Mafia, slang) A personal friend of the speaker/writer who is not a member of the Mafia. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-friend_of_mine-en-noun-1xUMFLvW Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for friend of mine meaning in English (1.2kB)

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