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
Must be a dainty billet doux from Rosie Sinclair; but here, take it and go off by yourself.
From Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Louis Arundel
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 F. Anstey
Besides, I had wit enough to write a billet doux, and hoped, if ever she permitted my absent self to entertain her, she would read with pleasure those breathings of my heart.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Pierre Bayle
