In support of his deposition he produced his billet de garde, dated the 8th.
Yes—Mademoiselle had charged her to remit the billet to Monsieur.
I smiled, I believe rather sarcastically, and opened the billet.
This obliged the Chevalier to write him a billet, which was rather laconic.
He was delighted to have my billet, and embracing me, he thanked me a thousand times.
Remember I was twenty, and it was my first second mate's billet, and the East was waiting for me.
"I'm the person," said the Doctor, taking the billet and breaking the seal.
While we were still in England he and I used to share a billet.
From the beginning it had been battle-ground and billet of both armies a dozen times.
You can billet me any old place—I don't care where you put me.
1590s, "to assign quarters to," earlier, as a noun, "official record or register" (Middle English), from Anglo-French billette "list, schedule," diminutive of bille (see bill (n.1)). Related: Billeted; billeting.
thick stick of wood, mid-15c., from Middle French billette, diminutive of bille "stick of wood" (see billiards).
"document, note;" see billet-doux.
