bon ton
Americannoun
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good or elegant form or style.
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something regarded as fashionably correct.
The bon ton in this circle is to dress well and know influential people.
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fashionable society.
noun
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sophisticated manners or breeding
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fashionable society
Etymology
Origin of bon ton
Example Sentences
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But then, the bon ton, not content with padding only bums, moved the bustle round to the tummy at the front.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
Bullock's Wilshire, tony Los Angeles department store, went after war-workers' dollars; Macy's, New York's people's store, waved farewell to the bon ton trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton."
From Time Magazine Archive
James's Repartee; or the witticisms of fashion, taste, and the bon ton: . . .
From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various
When I was a boy, it was an age of bon ton; this good tone mysteriously conveyed a sublime idea of fashion; the term, imported late in the eighteenth century, closed with it.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
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