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Best friend   /bɛst frɛnd/   Listen
Best friend

noun
1.
The one friend who is closest to you.






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"Best friend" Quotes from Famous Books



... "you all know me. I'm a plain man, and I want to know if it's likely a man would murder his best friend." ...
— The Big Bow Mystery • I. Zangwill

... best need friendship most; Hearts only thrive on varied good; And he who gathers from a host Of friendly hearts his daily food, Is the best friend ...
— The Mistress of the Manse • J. G. Holland

... Stanistreet cheerfully (his eyes twinkling), ordered fresh tea, and began to talk to his wife as if nothing had happened. If Louis had not known him so well, he would have said he was immensely improved since the remarkable occasion on which they had last met. He had quarreled with his best friend; he had betrayed his wife and then left her; and he could come back with a ...
— The Tysons - (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) • May Sinclair

... he was your best friend," he added. "You have remained intimate ever since, have you not? I know he has started on a diplomatic career, and a great future is predicted for him. I hope that in happier times than the present he may be entrusted ...
— Balthasar - And Other Works - 1909 • Anatole France

... given me good cause, even while I am your best friend! Why have you withdrawn your confidence from me? Why do I no longer accompany you on that most romantic midnight moonlight path to virtue? Why am I no longer watchman and duenna when you and your lady call upon the moon and stars to ...
— Berlin and Sans-Souci • Louise Muhlbach


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