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in the bosom of somebody (literary)

if you are in the bosom of a group of people, especially your family, you are with people who love you and make you feel safe She was glad to be home again, back in the bosom of her family.

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As I lay resting in the bosom of a cowslip that bent above the brook, a little wind, tired of play, told me this tale of Flower Fables by Alcott, Louisa May View in context The coffin laid upon two line-tubs, between the vice-bench and the open hatchway; the Carpenter calking its seams; the string of twisted oakum slowly unwinding from a large roll of it placed in the bosom of his frock. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context In his right pocket he had his letter of credit, in the left, his passport, and in a small leathern purse some double louis d'or, carefully sewn up in the bosom of his waistcoat. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context			in style in sum in summary in Sunday best in surgery in tandem in tatters in tears in terms of in that regard in the absence of in the act in the affirmative in the air in the altogether in the back of mind in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of			in the bargain in the bargain In the Basement Productions in the beginning in the beginning in the beginning In the beginning... In the beginning... In the Best Interests of the Children in the best of health in the betting in the black in the black in the black in the black in the black in the black In the Bleak Midwinter in the blink in a blink in the blink in a blink in the blink in a blink in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye in the blink of an eye In the Blood In the Blood In the Blood (episode) in the boondocks in the boonies in the bosom of In the box In the box in the buff in the buff in the bull pen In The Business in the business of In the Butt in the C.E in the can in the can in the can In the Car in the cards in the cards in the cards in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the charge of in the charge of someone in the chips In the church style In the church style in the circumstances in the circumstances in the clear in the clear in the clear

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