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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bon mot /bɒn ˈməʊ/

▶noun (pl. bon mots or bons mots pronunc. same or /-məʊz/) a clever or witty remark.

– origin C18: Fr., lit. ‘good word’.

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