bonheur-du-jour

[ buh-nur-doo-zhoo r, -dyoo-, -duh-; French baw-nœr-dy-zhoor ]
/ bəˈnɜr duˈʒʊər, -dyu-, -də-; French bɔ nœr düˈʒur /

noun, plural bon·heurs-du-jour [buh-nur-doo-zhoo r, -dyoo-, -duh-; French baw-nœr-dy-zhoor] /bəˈnɜr duˈʒʊər, -dyu-, -də-; French bɔ nœr düˈʒur/. French Furniture.

a delicate fall-front desk of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Origin of bonheur-du-jour

1875–80; < French: literally, happiness of the day, from the favor it found in its time

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