Chapter Bomba to Bonnet of B by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Bonhomme (Un ). A goody man; according to Dr. Young's line, “What is mere good nature, but a fool?” The word, divided into two, is used in a good sense, as Etre un bon homme. Jacques Bonhomme means a peasant.
   Jacques Bonhomme (French). A peasant who ventures to interfere in politics. Hence, the peasants' rebellion in 1358 was called La Jacquerie. The term means “James Goodfellow”; we also often address the poor as “My good fellow.”

Boniface A sleek, good-tempered, jolly landlord. From Farquhar's comedy of The Beaux' Stratagem.

“A regular British Boniface.”- The John Bull.

   St. Boniface. The apostle of Germany, an Anglo-Saxon whose original name was Winifrid or Winfrith. (680-750.)
   St. Boniface's cup. An extra cup of wine (to the health of the Pope). Pope Boniface, we are told in the Ebrietatis Encomium, instituted an indulgence to those who drank his good health after grace, or the health of the Pope of the time being. An excuse for an extra glass.

Bonne (French). A nursemaid, a nursery governess.

Bonne Bouche (A ). delicious morsel; a tit-bit (tid-bit).

“Now I'll give you a real bonne-bouche. This is a bottle of the famous comet port of 1811.”- The Epicure.

Bonnet A pretended player at a gaming-table, or bidder at an auction, to lure others to play; so called because he blinds the eyes of his dupes, just as if he had struck their bonnet over their eyes.

“A man who sits at a gaming table, and appears to be playing against the table; when a stranger appears the Bonnet generally wins.”- The Times

Bonnet
   Braid Bonnet. The old Scotch cap, made of milled woolen, without seam or lining.
   Glengarry Bonnet. The Highland bonnet, which rises to a point in front.
   He has a green bonnet. Has failed in trade. In France it used to be customary, even in the seventeenth century, for bankrupts to wear a green bonnet (cloth cap).
   He has a bee in his bonnet. (See Bee.)