"Ay, that does he, and all for the sake of what you call your" bonhommie "I would venture, if the truth was known, the fellow's grandfather taught the noble science of dancing". From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Mohicans] Reference
"I just wondered, amidst all this bonhommie of 'Bill' and 'Penny,' why I--". From Wordnik.com. [Murder at Bridge] Reference
The jokes and bonhommie which thrilled the Kool Kids Klub seemed like cruelty to many of the people who suffered under his policies. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-01] Reference
This bonhommie has had much to do with his popularity and success. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago]
There is a strange medley of ferocity and bonhommie about the animal. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Rover] Reference
"'Lil Missy's comin'," he remarked, with bonhommie, to his fellow boatman. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia] Reference
"Such freshness of character, so much bonhommie -- a little odd sometimes.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bertrams] Reference
My rejoinder to you, sir, was characterized not by acrimony, but bonhommie. From Wordnik.com. [A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling.] Reference
It was impossible to resist the cordial bonhommie of the self-invited guest. From Wordnik.com. [Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,] Reference
The expression of this face has been credited with humour, bonhommie and jollity. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare's Bones] Reference
There was a certain amount of irritability rankling beneath his customary air of bonhommie. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Prince Shan] Reference
In all these offices Governor Swain was conspicuous for his industry, faithfulness, and intelligence, as well as bonhommie and tact. From Wordnik.com. [Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900] Reference
We possess ample evidence of his shrewdness and of his simplicity; we find the lofty regal style mingled with his familiar bonhommie. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions] Reference
A man of sense and of letters, the editor of a powerful local journal, he added to solid virtues an infinite sweetness and bonhommie. From Wordnik.com. [English Traits (1856)] Reference
They all had a sort of bonhommie honesty and straightforwardness, a natural courtesy and extreme good nature, which was very agreeable. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863.] Reference
Just the Christmas bonhommie and sherry talking!. From Wordnik.com. [New policy for anti-feminist, men’s rights, and right-wing posters] Reference
The intruder looked down with amused bonhommie. From Wordnik.com. [Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance)] Reference
His bonhommie I miss. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Vol. IV] Reference
Englishman incapable of that bonhommie! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete] Reference
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