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billet-doux
[ bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo ]
noun
- a love letter.
billet-doux
/ bijɛdu; ˌbɪlɪˈduː /
noun
- old-fashioned.a love letter
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Origin of billet-doux1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of billet-doux1
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Example Sentences
Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.
Judge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.
My dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.
Had this communication been a billet-doux, Peggie could hardly have betrayed more alarm and confusion.
We may fancy Madame La Croix slyly handing the billet-doux to the daughter, under the unsuspecting mother's very eyes.
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