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bon ton

[bon ton, bawn tawn] / ˈbɒn ˈtɒn, bɔ̃ ˈtɔ̃ /


NOUN
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But then, the bon ton, not content with padding only bums, moved the bustle round to the tummy at the front.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bullock's Wilshire, tony Los Angeles department store, went after war-workers' dollars; Macy's, New York's people's store, waved farewell to the bon ton trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Intermarriages between French and English are now not unfrequent; and it is pleasant to observe the French politeness and bon ton ingrafted on English sincerity and good sense.

From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington

He had been in the schools of the Egyptians, he had been in the palaces of Egypt, he had moved in the bon ton society.

From Men of the Bible by Dwight Lyman Moody




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