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bonheur-du-jour
[ buh-nur-doo-zhoor, -dyoo-, -duh-; French baw-nœr-dy-zhoor ]
noun
, French Furniture.
, plural bon·heurs-du-jour [b, uh, -, nur, -doo-, zhoor, -dyoo-, -d, uh, -, baw-n, œ, r, -d, y, -, zhoor].
- a delicate fall-front desk of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bonheur-du-jour1
1875–80; < French: literally, happiness of the day, from the favor it found in its time
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