billet doux
Example Sentences
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Should the billet doux contain a note of contrition, following an argument?
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2014
A hairdresser rewrites an unsigned billet doux to cheer up her dumped mum.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011
That little billet doux seems to have quite upset the Senorita, though.
From Gold of the Gods by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
It will be remembered that Mr Slope, when leaving his billet doux with Mrs Bold, had been informed that it would be sent out to her at Plumstead that afternoon.
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
Besides, I had wit enough to write a billet doux, and hoped, if ever she permitted my absent self to entertain her, she would read with pleasure those breathings of my heart.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre
