mademoiselle
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Madame or mademoiselle, the française of life-style literature represents a very limited idea of the Parisienne.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2019
A maid carries away the breakfast tray of a pretty young mademoiselle lounging in bed behind her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
As she lost consciousness she recalled the doctor saying: "Au revoir, monsieur," and when she awoke, she heard: "Bonjour, mademoiselle."
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2013
When she continues: "Now she's older and feeble as well, I carry on for the mademoiselle;" they take the hint with all the alacrity of the class of 1917-18.
From Time Magazine Archive
But monsieur could not wait even a ‘flash of time’, and in the middle of the speech departed to find mademoiselle himself.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Linux lads and Mac mademoiselles, your time has come to play Inscryption!
From The Verge ● Jun. 23, 2022
There may have been a subtle throwback to the those well-brought up “bon chic bon genre” mademoiselles, before the 1968 Paris student uprising.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2011
The mademoiselles whom we meet will probably have their own sweethearts.
From The Mischief Maker by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I flew downstairs and found not only children in every shape and form, but mothers in big hats and trailing skirts, and Frauleins in small hats and skirts curtailed, mademoiselles and nannies.
From The Professional Aunt by Mary C.E. Wemyss
"Eef mademoiselles, your aunts, should get to hear—" "Oh, I won't tell."
From Mary Minds Her Business by George Weston
At 300 meters, neither slackening nor quickening their punishing pace, they passed the mesdemoiselles.
From Time Magazine Archive
I learned this morning that mesdemoiselles were to-day to be brought before the Tribunal, and we filled the hall with women and two or three score of sailors.
From In the Reign of Terror by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"Come, come, mesdemoiselles, we must work and not idle so; here's a wedding dress that must be done to-morrow; Madame Dumanchon has promised it."
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
"Bon jour, mesdemoiselles," he cried, with a smile and a bow that included them all.
From Peggy-Alone by Anna B. Craig
"Oh! mesdemoiselles," replied La Valliere, blushing, and almost ready to weep.
From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père
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