bon ton
Example Sentences
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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
She founded the American Art Students' Club�now Reid Hall�made a place for herself in the capital's bon ton, no easy feat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other cousin—who was also the elder—was far too much swamped in bon ton to please Highland lads such as we were.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
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