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
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
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 Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)
"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
It might be mentioned here that just as turtle-soup is to their worships, so is wild cat to golden eagles—a bonne bouche par excellence, so to say.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
