bon ton
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But then, the bon ton, not content with padding only bums, moved the bustle round to the tummy at the front.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Bullock's Wilshire, tony Los Angeles department store, went after war-workers' dollars; Macy's, New York's people's store, waved farewell to the bon ton trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton."
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s not bon ton, I know, and far from friendly.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
He was a prominent member of that society which is called bon ton and the great world at Venice.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Count Carlo Gozzi
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