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 was fitting that Raymond should receive the first billet doux.
From Missy by Gatlin, Dana
Must be a dainty billet doux from Rosie Sinclair; but here, take it and go off by yourself.
From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Arundel, Louis
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
