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
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
We agreed we must put a billet doux there, if another day passed without the sign, though it was dangerously near Pirate Hall.
From Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island by Winton, Julia de
Then they all sat down, and, as Paul had foreseen, there the white cocked-hat lay on the dark pew-carpet, hideously distinct, with billet doux in every fold of it!
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by Anstey, F.
