bonbonnière
noun
a person or store that makes or sells candies.
bonbonnières
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pluralof bonbonnière.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These bonbonnières, decked with expensive ribbon or hand-painted with designs of the season, attain prices as high as forty dollars each, and are in great favour among the wealthy classes.
From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by William Francis Dawson
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 Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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 Henry Labouchere
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 A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
It was souvenir night; there were post-cards and little coral caps with feathers as bonbonnières.
From The Girl From His Town by Marie Van Vorst
