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
- 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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