Meanings of officious friend in English

But they met an officious friend.

Once, when an officious friend pitied her for her husband's lameness, she said, Find me a face like his.

The officious friend joined the family too, and he held up his hands in horror when he heard of it.

So he swallowed his humiliation and threaded his way through the bewildering turmoil of Broadway, by the side of his officious friend.

Hamish was in lively dread of some officious friend or other coming up, who might drop a hint of the state of affairs.

Why did you the other day, oh unseasonable and too officious friends!

Officious friends intervened to alter her determination and persuade her to accept the hand of Monsieur de Montragoux.

When he asked a question a dozen answers were ready for him- adozenofficious friends were prepared to escort him anywhere.

He had rashly committed himself to the one, and his officious friends of the studios were rapidly pushing him upon the other.

Now, if he stopped in England it would be difficult to evade officious friends, and soon everybody would be gossiping about his quarrel with Northmorland.

"My officious friend," said the man, "when I require illustrations from the fowls of the air, you may command my patronage.