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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

"Fashionable society" has, at present, no very decided limits, as few of the inhabitants keep a cow, and many of the highest pretenders to bon ton do not drive their own wagons—getting home before dark!

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

This is being sur un assez bon ton for a player!

From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg




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