Definition of Bonbon

1. Noun. A candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate.

Generic synonyms: Candy, Confect

Definition of Bonbon

1. n. Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

Definition of Bonbon

1. Noun. a sweet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bonbon

1. a sugared candy [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bonbon

bonacis
bonacon
bonacons
bonafide
bonamani
bonamano
bonamia
bonamias
bonanza
bonanzas
bonasus
bonasuses
bonattite
bonavist
bonbon (current term)
bonbons
bonce
boncer
bonces
boncilate
bond
bond-trading activity
bond angle
bond certificate
bond discount
bond dissociation energy
bond distortion
bond energy
bond for deed

Literary usage of Bonbon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"(3) Madame bonbon in SEL- Bfi 'Poor Nobleman' (qv). (41 Madame bonbon in TE WILKS' 'Raffaelle the ... the follow» ¡ne characters:—<1) Baron bonbon In T. ..."

2. The Manufacture of Preserved Foods and Sweetmeats: A Handbook of All the by A. Hausner (1902)
"The commonest form of bonbon is got by simply pouring the perfumed and ... The bonbon preparation is made by boiling sugar to the crack degree and then ..."

3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"bonbon usually addressed his pupils in French, and afterwards repeated to them ... And M. bonbon placed his hand upon the side of his bosom in which that ..."

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