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
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
The narrator, a well-meaning gossip, left the presbytery in consternation, and forbore from further repetition of what was to her a "bonne bouche."
From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald
"Now it's your turn, Goualeuse," said the Chourineur; "I keep my history till last, as a bonne bouche."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
"In my quality of ogre only—a bonne bouche," said he.
From Jaffery by Locke, William John
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