bonbonnière

American  

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

noun

plural

bonbonnières

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

2. a box or dish for candies.

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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

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

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

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)

Demosthenes looked at Holmes with blank amazement, and, to keep from stammering out the exclamation of wonder that rose to his lips, he opened his bonbonnière and swallowed a pebble.

From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick

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

Each girl found a gardenia at her plate and a silver bonbonnière with the St. Ursula monogram on the cover.

From Just Patty by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)