bonne bouche
Example Sentences
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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
This was the bonne bouche with which, in her part of the world, Devonshire I think she said, a breakfast to be perfect must always conclude.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 by Various
I kept back the item about specimens being buried under the writing, as a sort of bonne bouche; and as matters turned out, never told a soul about it.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Are there not—the bonne bouche comes at last—priests and deacons?
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
His description of Millicent as an ex-chorus girl offered another bonne bouche to the crowd.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
