French letter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of French letter
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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The precise wording of the French letter isn't the issue.
From Time Magazine Archive
She proved to be La Sybille, a French letter of marque, carrying eight guns, twenty-five men, and bound for the French West India Islands with a valuable cargo.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Mr. Godfrey always treated him kindly, and had called upon him again that very morning to assist him in translating a French letter, complimenting him, at the same time, upon his scholarship.
From Try and Trust by Alger, Horatio
This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Embassador de Denmarke a la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23rd.
From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron
This evening I was late writing a French letter by my Lord's order to Monsieur Wragh, Ambassador de Denmarke à la Haye, which my Lord signed in bed. 23d.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
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