bon marché
AmericanEtymology
Origin of bon marché
Literally, “good market”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
They talked a great deal about him, and the Marquise said it was just like his economy to go to Trouville with such "une espèce de petite fagottée bon marché."
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
Why, they are some heavenly sets that I got this spring from Paris--Marshall picked them up one day at the Bon Marché--and verily they are bon marché.
From Richard Vandermarck by Harris, Miriam Coles
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
