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单词 bon-bon
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bon-bonn.

/ˈbɒnˌbɒn/
Etymology: French; = good-good; a name originating in the nursery; compare goody.
1.
a. A lozenge or other confection made of sugar. Also attributive.
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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.
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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.
2. A dainty, a delicacy. Obsolete.
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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.
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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).
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