bonbonnière

American  

[bon-buh-neer, -nyair, bawn-baw-nyer] / ˌbɒn bəˈnɪər, -ˈnyɛər, bɔ̃ bɔˈnyɛr /

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

Inflected Forms

noun

• 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

She took out a bonbonnière of gold filigree.

From The Coast of Chance by Underwood, Clarence F.

Most agreeably surprised was I," he writes in his "Crotchets and Quavers," published in 1855, "on entering this small but comfortably arranged bonbonnière.

From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

And she offered a beautiful little bonbonnière, saying, "Try these French paste troches, they are delicious."

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara

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

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

Queen You seem to be throwing dirt at one another out of a bonbonnière.

From Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes by Strange, Michael