bonbonnière

American  

[bon-buh-neer, -nyair, bawn-baw-nyer] / ˌbɒn bəˈnɪər, -ˈnjɛər, bɔ̃ bɔˈnjɛr /

noun

bonbonnières plural

1. a person or store that makes or sells candies.

2. a box or dish for candies.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bonbonnières
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bonbonnière

First recorded in 1810–20; from French; bon-bon “candy” (in French baby-talk) + -ière noun suffix; see -ary ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

bonbonnière bonbonnières

The salon downstairs is a perfect little bonbonnière, and the rooms above are extremely cosy and comfy.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)

He has his trays of Tassie’s gems, his tiny Louis-Quatorze bonbonnière with a miniature by Petitot, his highly prized ‘brown-biscuit teapots, filagree-worked,’ his citron morocco letter-case, and his ‘pomona-green’ chair.

From Intentions by Wilde, Oscar

Paillard's bonbonnière, in the Champs Elysées, is in the hands of the company which also owns Maire's Restaurant, to which I have already alluded.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)

A moment later, with a careless laugh, she opened a gold bonbonnière full of chocolate caramels, and held it temptingly towards him.

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

The room into which Liosha sailed was the elegant "bonbonnière" of a chamber known as the "boudoir."

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

This is a heavy tax upon those who have more friends than money—300fr. is not considered an extraordinary sum to spend upon these bonbonnières.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

The largest table had a strip of rare Persian embroidery laid across it, and was graced rather than laden with novels, boxes of sweets, and silver bonbonnières.

From The Heather-Moon by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

There were chocolates in little silver bonbonnières and even crackers, though it was not yet Christmas.

From Monitress Merle by Brazil, Angela

J. S. Fry and Sons send out through Sell's Advertising Agency samples of their daintiest specialities in bonbonnières.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 17, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

It was souvenir night; there were post-cards and little coral caps with feathers as bonbonnières.

From The Girl From His Town by Vorst, Marie Van