billet-doux
a love letter.
Origin of billet-doux
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How to use billet-doux in a sentence
Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthJudge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthMy dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellHad this communication been a billet-doux, Peggie could hardly have betrayed more alarm and confusion.
The Herapath Property | J. S. FletcherWe may fancy Madame La Croix slyly handing the billet-doux to the daughter, under the unsuspecting mother's very eyes.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century | Charles Bastide
British Dictionary definitions for billet-doux
/ (ˌbɪlɪˈduː, French bijɛdu) /
old-fashioned, or jocular a love letter
Origin of billet-doux
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