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
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 Gerald Baldwin
If he had been, I should have passed the letter to him as a bonne bouche, for this really was his show, and I wanted him to have all the plums.
From The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Another time, the best wood, the bonne bouche, was carefully beaten through while we were discussing a recherché champagne luncheon.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville
“Five thousand! a nice little bonne bouche for Harley!” says Hilton.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
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