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
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
"In my quality of ogre only—a bonne bouche," said he.
From Jaffery by Locke, William 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.
This examination he had set his heart upon; and reserving it as a bonne bouche, dismissed all preliminary cases in a very off-hand manner, just as men carelessly swallow a few oysters preparatory to dinner.
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Lover, Samuel
