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
I did not like the idea of having all the specimens of the fine arts in Europe collected into one "bonne bouche" at the Louvre.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
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
Many other insects, highly repugnant to the European, are a bonne bouche for the natives.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
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 Adams, W. H. Davenport