bon ton
Example Sentences
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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
The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Or, may be, in a frolic daft, To Hague or Calais takes a waft, To make a tour an' tak a whirl, To learn bon ton, an' see the worl'.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
To have your portrait painted by Reynolds was considered a proper "entree" into the "bon ton."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert
