bonne bouche
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On his nightstand the day I asked to see it: “The White Nile” by Alan Moorehead, a book about educational policies, another on great speeches of history and an amusing bonne bouche by G.K.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023
Another time, the best wood, the bonne bouche, was carefully beaten through while we were discussing a recherché champagne luncheon.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
His description of Millicent as an ex-chorus girl offered another bonne bouche to the crowd.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
If he dropped it or stopped to enjoy his bonne bouche, his mates would be upon him.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various
It may be a bonne bouche for the geologists.
From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William