Etymology

bonne bouche

Today it means: A gourmet titbit. Full definition →

French bonne bouche
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  1. French · borrowed frombonne bouche“agreeable taste”
  2. English todaybonne bouche

Coined in English from French bonne bouche (“agreeable taste”, literally “good mouth(ful)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.