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

Another time, the best wood, the bonne bouche, was carefully beaten through while we were discussing a recherché champagne luncheon.

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham

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

Are there not—the bonne bouche comes at last—priests and deacons?

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

It may be a bonne bouche for the geologists.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William