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

Calf’s feet, à la maître d’hôtel, then my innocent bonne bouche, he completely spoiled for me by Job’s tidings from Germany, which he scraped together out of the most unreliable newspapers. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

"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

Time, who has been denominated Edax rerum, certainly had as yet left her untouched, reserving her for a bonne bouche on some future occasion.

From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick

Tom had fixed on this pool as his bonne bouche, as a child keeps its plums till the last, and stole over the bridge, stooping low to gain the point indicated.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas