bonne bouche

[ bawn boosh ]
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noun,plural bonnes bouches [bawn boosh]. /bɔn ˈbuʃ/. French.
  1. a tidbit.

  2. an elegant treat: The special wine was a bonne bouche.

Origin of bonne bouche

1
First recorded in 1720–30; literally, “good mouth”

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bonne bouche

/ French (bɔn buʃ) /


nounplural bonnes bouches (bɔn buʃ)
  1. a tasty titbit or morsel

Origin of bonne bouche

1
literally: good mouth(ful)

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