billet-doux
noun
a love letter.
billets-doux
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pluralof billet-doux.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Matt. W. Alderson
