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
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 Harry Rountree
She then put a bit of bread into its mouth, until the ass had mumbled it a little, after which she gave the savory morsel to Phelim, as a bonne bouche.
From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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
His description of Millicent as an ex-chorus girl offered another bonne bouche to the crowd.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
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