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

His description of Millicent as an ex-chorus girl offered another bonne bouche to the crowd.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis

I am afraid I must own they were given as a bonne bouche to my Virginian nightingale, who seemed highly to approve of this addition to his daily fare.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

If he dropped it or stopped to enjoy his bonne bouche, his mates would be upon him.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

I like fowl's liver, it is my one bonne bouche during the day, but these startled me, and after straining my teeth on the carcase, I gladly swallow the soft mouthful.

From Three Months of My Life by Foster, J. F.