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billet doux

[bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-, bee-yey-doo] / ˈbɪl eɪˈdu, ˈbɪl i-, bi yeɪˈdu /


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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

The same day that General Anderson wrote Aguinaldo his billet doux about the dictatorship, viz.,

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.

How do you know that I am not writing a billet doux to a lady?

From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir

It has the cut and fashion of the billet doux of St Germains; and," she added, laughing, "the precise flavour, too, I declare.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various




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