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
“And yet, mademoiselle, this time your manner is quite different. You no longer betray the impatience. You are calm and philosophical.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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
"Eef mademoiselles, your aunts, should get to hear—" "Oh, I won't tell."
From Mary Minds Her Business by George Weston
"To what am I indebted for the honour of this visit, mademoiselles?"
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
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
At 300 meters, neither slackening nor quickening their punishing pace, they passed the mesdemoiselles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good news, mesdemoiselles, good news! the wound runs all along; it is not deep, like mine was.
From White Lies by Charles Reade
In Paris, as in London, troops of acquaintance came forward to receive 'Madame Maria et mesdemoiselles ses sœurs,' as they used to be announced.
From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Thackeray Ritchie
It is a rough place, mesdemoiselles," he said, removing his cap, "but it is better than the prisons at Nantes.
From In the Reign of Terror by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The Consul gave his daughter a little push: "Avancez, mesdemoiselles."
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
