bonbon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small sweet, especially a chocolate-coated confection with a soft or flavoured centre

   She selected a raspberry bonbon from the silver dish.

2. 2
   noun

   British and Australian: a Christmas cracker

   Each place at the holiday table was set with a bright paper bonbon.

Borrowed from French bonbon, a playful reduplication of bon, 'good,' ultimately from Latin bonus. English first used it for small sweets and later, regionally, for Christmas crackers.

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