In figure he was tall, with a tendency already manifested to put on flesh, good-looking, genial and sympathetic in manner, a bon vivant, passionately fond of dancing and society, an excellent talker or listener as the occasion demanded.
In short, the cardinal was a man of wit, and what is called a bon vivant.
The idea of the pangs of hunger and the sight of starvation and deprivation may have been the more repugnant to Colonel Grant since he was himself famous as a bon vivant and gourmet.
The worthy man seems to have had the amiable infirmities of a bon vivant.
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Ladies man andbonvivantwho is in constant need of money.
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He was abonvivantwho enjoyed poker and women.
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He was a patron of artists, and a "bonvivant".
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The 6ft2in m, 250-pound "bonvivant" epitomized the society architect.
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Nye was a popular sketch comedian who primarily played urbane, wealthybonvivanttypes.
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Delaborde was a fencer, a passionate athlete, abonvivantand a ladies' man.
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Travel expert, blogger, jet-setter andbonvivant, who travels around the world discovering what's new and cool about luxury travel and hospitality...
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He was seen as a jovialbonvivant, a little eccentric, but he enjoyed the sympathy of his fellow citizens.
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He's abonvivant, a gaucho amigo, a goomba, a mensch, and the fifth musketeer.
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