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
How do you know that I am not writing a billet doux to a lady?
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
