jeunes filles
- plural of jeune fille.
Example Sentences
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It isn't, you know; actually it's for jeunes filles who want to be slicked up a little in walking, talking, putting on lip lines correctly, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
After they retire Hamlet indulges in a passionate outburst reproaching the times with its hypocrisy and des hypocrites et routinières jeunes filles.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
They adore her, and stand up and salute when she comes into the ward; and we had enough for the jeunes filles and the grannies in the women's ward of blessées.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
She's been the acknowledged leader of the jeunes filles since she first came out and has set the fashion among them in everything, from inventing a new cocktail to chaperoning her chaperon.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
There were about twelve tables, three of different coloured carnations for the "jeunes filles," and the rest with roses for the married people.
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
