- plural of devoir.
devoirs
Example Sentences
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Mr Prolocutor Weston disputed with the beer-pot at his elbow, and forgot not his devoirs thereto in the course thereof.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
"Gee!" whispered the boy to Beatrice after he had made his devoirs.
From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Lucy Foster Madison
He wanted to come up here and pay his devoirs to you, but I evaded the honour.
From A Daughter of the Vine by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Learning of the priest’s recent severe illness, Don Mario had hastened at once to pay his devoirs.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
"It is to be feared, madam, that such rumors are well founded, but the party who form the forlorn hope have their devoirs also."
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
