billet doux
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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 Arundel, Louis
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 Anstey, F.
Here's Reachum's last billet doux on rifles, quoting them at about 5 per cent, above cost, and yet you expect me to give you an order.
From A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" by Maher, William H.