单词 | bon-bon |
释义 | bon-bonn. 1. a. A lozenge or other confection made of sugar. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet dredgec1350 confection1393 sugar-meat1586 trinket1587 confectionary1599 soot-meat1614 dulcid1694 sweetie1721 goody-goody1745 bon-bon1796 confiture1802 candy?1809 sweetmeat1812 sucker1823 dulce1834 lokum1845 goody1847 sweet1851 dragée1853 lolly1854 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. iii. 171 Clarendel, lounging upon a chair in the middle of the shop, sat eating bon bons. 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris v The land of Cocaigne..Where for hail they have bon-bons, and claret for rain. 1819 M. Wilmot Let. 26 Nov. (1935) 32 The pretty papers with which the bon bon plates are covered. 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke I. i. i. 5 Lady Fitz-pompey called twice a-week..with a copious supply of pine-apples or bon-bons. 1886 A. Ritchie Let. 1 Jan. (1924) x. 192 The bonbon tongs had an immense success. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Apr. 4/4 (advt.) Cut Glass..Handled Bon Bon Dishes £3.00. 1964 M. Laski in S. Nowell-Smith Edwardian Eng. iv. 195 Innumerable bon-bon dishes and table napkins. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure honeycombOE sweetness?c1225 dainty1340 sweet1377 delicec1390 lust1390 pleasancec1390 pleasingc1390 well-queema1400 well-queemnessa1400 douceurc1400 delectation?a1425 pleasure1443 pleaserc1447 delectabilitiesa1500 deliciositiesa1500 honeydew1559 delicacy1586 fancy1590 sugar candy1591 regalo1622 happiness1637 deliciousness1651 complacence1667 regalea1677 sweetener1741 bon-bon1856 Bones1869 jam1871 true love1893 nuts1910 barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915 G-spot1983 1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 426 A good thing, quite a bon~bon. 1955 Times 30 Aug. 5/4 They opened this morning with a programme of French bon-bons. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > delicacy or titbit daintethc1290 daintyc1300 morselc1390 confection1393 delicec1405 delicacya1425 delicatea1475 friandise1484 deliciositiesa1500 daintive1526 junket1538 knack1548 daintrel1575 cate1578 pulpament1600 gaudy1622 regalo1622 daint1633 titbita1641 scitament1656 regale1673 knick-knack1682 nicety1704 bonne bouche1721 diablotin1770 sunket1788 regalement1795 confiture1802 bon-bon1821 sock1825 delicatessen1853 good things1861 tiddlywinks1893 1821 Cook's Oracle (ed. 3) 330 [In a] Catalogue of Persian ‘Bons Bons’, there is a list of 28 differently flavoured Mustards. 1826 ‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. ii. v. 76 (note) They [sc. onions] used to form the favourite bon-bons of the highlander. 3. In full cracker bon-bon: see cracker n. 6b. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > cracker cracker1841 snappera1845 bon-bon1846 cosaque1858 1846 C. Dickens 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. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 287 Gilt paper and coloured bon-bon stuff. 1901 Daily Chron. 10 Aug. 10/3 Frieze suits in the loveliest bon-bon shades of blue and red. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1796 |
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