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Meaning of bon ton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The height of fashion; fashionable society.

dated, uncountable

Equivalents

Italiano bon ton

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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