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billet doux

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


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Falstaff's Billet-Doux ... expressions of love in their way, omitted by Pope.

From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol

Ay, and it fits it too: and am I slighted, I that shall receive Billet-Doux from Infanta's? 'tis most uncivil and impolitick.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

Come, come, let's in, and answer their Billet-Doux.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

A "Billet-Doux"   She was a winsome country lass,   So William on a brief vacation,   The time more pleasantly to pass,     Essayed flirtation.

From Good Stories from the Ladies' Home Journal by Various

Among the favorite designations are the "Hotel Cecil," the "Ritz Hotel," the "Billet-Doux Hotel," and the "Rue Dormir."

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various




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