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

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

Many other insects, highly repugnant to the European, are a bonne bouche for the natives.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Calf’s feet, à la maître d’hôtel, then my innocent bonne bouche, he completely spoiled for me by Job’s tidings from Germany, which he scraped together out of the most unreliable newspapers. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

I would make the country my stable meal, my chops and fried potatoes, and London my occasional savoury bonne bouche.

From The Oyster by Peer