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
"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 Eugène Sue
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.
They also eat ostrich flesh, as an exceptional bonne bouche, and birds' eggs, and fish, which the women catch.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams
Your Highness must pardon an old invalid if he retires with the memory of that witty tale in his mind as a bonne bouche.'
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
