Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A witticism; a clever or witty saying; a witty repartee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A witty repartee; a jest.
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- noun Alternative form of
bon mot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a clever remark
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Examples
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Hatter, wherewith he mitigated the miseries of Jefferson during the debate; and to his familiar bonmot in reply to Harrison's appeal for unanimity: "Yes, we must indeed all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin 1888
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The walker I would describe takes no note of distance; his walk is a sally, a bonmot, an unspoken jeu d'esprit; the ground is his butt, his provocation; it furnishes him the resistance his body craves; he rebounds upon it, he glances off and returns again, and uses it gayly as his tool.
Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879
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You have a woful taste, my lady, not to like Lord Gower's bonmot.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757
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Some type of NJ/Italian/Jr. College Frat Boy 'get-out-of-jail-card' bonmot [look it up] you think allows you the free pass?
Fast Lane Daily - Auto News. Fast Cars. Fast and Fresh. Every day. 2009
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Some type of NJ/Italian/Jr. College Frat Boy 'get-out-of-jail-card' bonmot [look it up] you think allows you the free pass?
Fast Lane Daily - Auto News. Fast Cars. Fast and Fresh. Every day. 2009
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Some type of NJ/Italian/Jr. College Frat Boy 'get-out-of-jail-card' bonmot [look it up] you think allows you the free pass?
Fast Lane Daily - Auto News. Fast Cars. Fast and Fresh. Every day. 2009
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Some type of NJ/Italian/Jr. College Frat Boy 'get-out-of-jail-card' bonmot [look it up] you think allows you the free pass?
Fast Lane Daily - Auto News. Fast Cars. Fast and Fresh. Every day. 2009
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