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)

Many other insects, highly repugnant to the European, are a bonne bouche for the natives.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

They put into their mouths all that they happen to find, and will sometimes reserve a quantity, and present the choice collection as a bonne bouche to their husbands.

From The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. by West, John

My father enjoined me that one of my first visits after his death, should be to the Grove; and in truth I now considered my Hampshire engagement as the bonne bouche of my southern excursion.

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah