[Fr., f. bon-bon.] A small fancy box to hold sweets.

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1862.  Cornh. Mag., V. 441. A bonbonnière full of sweetmeats.

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1883.  Harper’s Mag., 899/1. A huge floral offering, which like a kite with several bobs to it, had innumerable pretty bonbonnières floating at its long ribbon.

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