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
Are there not—the bonne bouche comes at last—priests and deacons?
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
A Frenchman, employed as one of the butchers, had drawn out the dainty and placed it by his side, as a bonne bouche when his work was over.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
It might be mentioned here that just as turtle-soup is to their worships, so is wild cat to golden eagles—a bonne bouche par excellence, so to say.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
“Five thousand! a nice little bonne bouche for Harley!” says Hilton.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
