bon mot

A talented cartoonist, distinguished practical joker, and recognized as one of the kings of bon mot, he led a free and easy life.

A joke, a banter, a bon-mot, make more impression upon the man of the world than all the grave notions of his religion.

A bon-mot of one of the Townsends is recorded, on his taking his seat.

The bon mot I was about to utter apropos of an opera I had never heard has left my mind entirely.

He also tells of an instance in parliament, and of a rather brilliant bon mot spoken upon that occasion.