billet-doux
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of billet-doux
1665–75; < French: literally, sweet note. See billet 1, douce
Example Sentences
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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
Falstaff's Billet-Doux ... expressions of love in their way, omitted by Pope.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
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
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
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