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Synonyms for bonbon


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bon-bon; French bawn-bawn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɒnˌbɒn; French bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃



Définition of bonbon

Origin :
  • 1796, from French bonbon (17c.), childish reduplication of bon "good." Hence, bonbonniere (1818) "a box for sweets."
  • noun candy
Example sentences :
  • If you ask it for pain-killer it will not give you a bonbon.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • A set of Shakespeare from the Leonard twins, a bonbon dish from Vera.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha at Ivy Hall » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Capt. Wainwright had been toying with a tin whistle which he had pulled from a bonbon.
  • Extract from : « With the Battle Fleet » by Franklin Matthews
  • "Now I think we may go back," said Hildegarde, after her third bonbon.
  • Extract from : « Hildegarde's Home » by Laura E. Richards
  • The bonbon dishes and all the glasses were of Venetian and Bohemian glass.
  • Extract from : « The Century Cook Book » by Mary Ronald
  • The Russians cut it into inch squares, and serve it as a bonbon.
  • Extract from : « The Century Cook Book » by Mary Ronald
  • And this indeed is the only kind of bonbon to be had in Rotterdam.
  • Extract from : « Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera » by Charles M. Taylor, Jr.
  • The princess, said Prue, as plainly as she could, considering the size of the bonbon which she was eating.
  • Extract from : « Randy's Summer » by Amy Brooks
  • He could not console her with a kiss and a caress, and a bonbon, of course.
  • Extract from : « The Road to Understanding » by Eleanor H. Porter
  • Also Ponomarev produced a bottle of French stuff which he calls 'Bonbon.'
  • Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

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