bon ton

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bon ton

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Borrowed from French bon ton (literally “good tone”).

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dated, uncountable The height of fashion; fashionable society. This part of the proposition is very popular, particularly with the higher and middle classes, because it is the fashion, and a mark of bon ton, to enclose one's letter in an envelope, even though, or perhaps because, it subjects it to double postage.

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@misc{bon_ton_2026,
  title = {bon ton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bon%20ton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}