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The billets-doux helped, but they included correspondence only from Mr. Tomlin and Mr. Houseman.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2015

But the appetite for these billets-doux sometimes gets the better of even the most serious publications.

From US News • Feb. 10, 2015

Inside are a book stand/writing surface, two compartments for stashing toiletries, and a smaller drawer that’s perfectly sized for billets-doux.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2011

She has always hunted out old letters from antique markets, little scraps of billets-doux and deeds of sale, faint tracings of forgotten human hope in copperplate, the ink faded to brown and grey.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011

By fear and awe were all oppressed And knew not what to do: But I, more bold than all the rest, Sent Kate my billets-doux.

From How She Felt in Her First Corset and Other Poems by Alderson, Matt. W.