old friend

noun

: a person who has been one's friend for a long time
An old friend came to visit.

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Always creating rhyme and meter that immediately felt like an old friend or a favorite blanket. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025 That will be complicated for Ihora, who harbors resentment for her old friend. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025 Kersey meets up with an old friend who, reliably, is immediately murdered by gang members. Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025 Coyly smiling, mustachioed and looking very dapper at 38 feet tall, Vonnegut appears like an old friend upon Mass Ave passersby. Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old friend

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“Old friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20friend. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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