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
It is not logical mademoiselle that I at forty-five who fought the war, with a son of seventeen, should believe in a general European war.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sit. I’m sure if one of you were to call out instructions, the mademoiselle who looks like a giraffe will hear, will she not?”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
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
"To what am I indebted for the honour of this visit, mademoiselles?"
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
"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
"Please follow me, mesdemoiselles, you must crawl along here."
From In the Reign of Terror by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"Oh! mesdemoiselles," replied La Valliere, blushing, and almost ready to weep.
From Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas père
They came from Sister Superior Veronique, they said, to see further about mesdemoiselles entering, eh---- Smilingly mesdemoiselles fluttered more than ever.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
Now, mesdemoiselles, hide in there, and as still as mice.
From White Lies by Charles Reade
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