douceur
noun
a gratuity; tip.
douceurs
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pluralof douceur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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His douceurs were nought but such as an artillery marshal might declaim.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Miss Greta smiled as she dispensed her douceurs with the demeanor Napier could have sworn Miss Greta herself took to be suitable to the daughter of a German officer.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
Truce with your douceurs, good servant; you see I am addressing to the princess; pray do not embarrass me—Embarrass me! what a delicious French word do you make me lose upon you too!
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
However, the difficulty was overcome, though not quite as easily as if douceurs had happened to be in fashion; and we were permitted to land with all our necessary effects.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
It is possible that some of the douceurs given to the possessors by his original proposal were not really in accordance with his own judgment.
From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge
