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‖ bon-bon|ˈbɒnˌbɒn|
[Fr.; = good-good; a name originating in the nursery; cf. goody.]
1. A lozenge or other confection made of sugar. Also attrib.
1796F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iii. 171 Clarendel, lounging upon a chair in the middle of the shop, sat eating bon bons. 1818Moore Fudge Fam. Paris v, The land of Cocaigne..Where for hail they have bon-bons, and claret for rain. 1819M. Wilmot Let. 26 Nov. (1935) 32 The pretty papers with which the bon bon plates are covered. 1831Disraeli Yng. Duke 3 Lady Fitz-Pompey called twice a week..with a supply of pine-apples or bon-bons. 1886A. T. Richie Let. 1 Jan. (1924) x. 192 The bonbon tongs had an immense success. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 29 Apr. 4/4 (Advt.), Cut Glass..Handled Bon Bon Dishes {pstlg}3.00. 1964M. Laski in S. Nowell-Smith Edwardian England iv. 195 Innumerable bon-bon dishes and table napkins.
transf. and fig.
1856Farmer's Mag. Nov. 426 A good thing, quite a bon⁓bon. 1955Times 30 Aug. 5/4 They opened this morning with a programme of French bon-bons.
†2. A dainty, a delicacy. Obs.
1821Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 330 [In a] Catalogue of Persian ‘Bons Bons’, there is a list of 28 differently flavoured Mustards. 1842‘Meg Dods’ Cook & Housew. Man. ii. v. 125 note, They [onions] used to form the favourable bon-bons of the Highlander.
3. In full cracker bon-bon: see cracker 6 b. Also attrib.
1846Dickens Pictures from Italy 170 What with this green, and the intolerable reds and crimsons, and gold borders..the whole concern looked like a stupendous Bon⁓bon. 1894H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Rom. 287 Gilt paper and coloured bon-bon stuff. 1901Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 10/3 Frieze suits in the loveliest bon-bon shades of blue and red. |