Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A candy that often has a center of fondant, fruit, or nuts and is coated with chocolate or fondant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sugar-plum; in the plural, sugar-confectionery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
sweet
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"And if this bonbon is even less substantial than her customary fare, well, Valentine's Day isn't really such a major holiday, is it?"
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And the nearest I come to a bonbon is the occasional after dinner mint, which I usually end up eating after breakfast, after lunch, after a mid-afternoon snack ...
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And the nearest I come to a bonbon is the occasional after dinner mint, which I usually end up eating after breakfast, after lunch, after a mid-afternoon snack ...
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And the nearest I come to a bonbon is the occasional after dinner mint, which I usually end up eating after breakfast, after lunch, after a mid-afternoon snack ...
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And the nearest I come to a bonbon is the occasional after dinner mint, which I usually end up eating after breakfast, after lunch, after a mid-afternoon snack ...
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And the nearest I come to a bonbon is the occasional after dinner mint, which I usually end up eating after breakfast, after lunch, after a mid-afternoon snack ...
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As I was leaving, I glimpsed a familiar face at one of the tables, sitting alone in front of a giant chocolate bonbon.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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It's all part of a push by specialty chocolatiers to make candy more manly, and to get men to reach for a stout caramel or India Pale Ale bonbon as eagerly as they might grab a nice cold one.
Hoppy Holidays: Sweet Makers Try to Tap Market for Beer Candy Katy McLaughlin 2011
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In the early 2000s, bonbon makers bumped up the dare element by introducing hot chilis to chocolate.
Hoppy Holidays: Sweet Makers Try to Tap Market for Beer Candy Katy McLaughlin 2011
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As I was leaving, I glimpsed a familiar face at one of the tables, sitting alone in front of a giant chocolate bonbon.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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