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billet doux

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Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.

Judge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.

My dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.

Had this communication been a billet-doux, Peggie could hardly have betrayed more alarm and confusion.

We may fancy Madame La Croix slyly handing the billet-doux to the daughter, under the unsuspecting mother's very eyes.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to billet doux, such as: card, communication, dispatch, invite, kite, and line.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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