bonbonnière
Americannoun
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a person or store that makes or sells candies.
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a box or dish for candies.
Other Word Forms
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
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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
From her waist depended an elaborate bonbonnière, her sash was dotted all over with imitation confections of various kinds, her blue satin shoes had rosettes of tiny bonbons, and her domino suggested chocolate cream.
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
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)
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)
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