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intimate

/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/ noun C2
  1. A very close friend. · Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
  2. Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. · You'll find bras and panties in the intimates section upstairs.

Plural intimates

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A MOUSE who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog, who lived for the most part in the water.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 30 · B2
A COUNTRY MOUSE invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a visit and partake of his country fare.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 79 · B2
Barker was himself an undoubted Englishman; but by his remarks it was clear that he had first known Douglas in America and had there lived on intimate terms with him.
The Valley of Fear, p. 25 · C1
I had rather not be the man that crossed him!” He was cordial and intimate with Douglas, and he was no less friendly with his wife—a friendship which more than once seemed to cause some irritation to the husband, so that even the servants were able to perceive his annoyance.
The Valley of Fear, p. 25 · C1

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