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
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.
That little billet doux seems to have quite upset the Senorita, though.
From Gold of the Gods by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
It was fitting that Raymond should receive the first billet doux.
From Missy by Gatlin, Dana
