French letter
Example Sentences
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The precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Godfrey always treated him kindly, and had called upon him again that very morning to assist him in translating a French letter, complimenting him, at the same time, upon his scholarship.
From Try and Trust by Alger, Horatio
She proved to be La Sybille, a French letter of marque, carrying eight guns, twenty-five men, and bound for the French West India Islands with a valuable cargo.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
In silence, and with a face of contemptuous disgust, Mr. Gilbert takes up the French letter, points to a column, and watches him.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes
Let all dissolve, and spread over French letter paper, with a brush or piece of sponge.
From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
