#158 bonhomie

bonhomie- exuberant friendliness

- C18 from French, from bonhomme- good-humoured fellow, from bon good+homme man

A state known for gently rolling grasslands, rich black soils and cowboy bonhomie is increasingly noted for flaring tempers.

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