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billet-doux
[ bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo ]
noun
, plural bil·lets-doux [bil, -ey-, dooz, bil, -ee-, bee-yey-, doo].
- a love letter.
billet-doux
/ bijɛdu; ˌbɪlɪˈduː /
noun
- old-fashioned.a love letter
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Word History and Origins
Origin of billet-doux1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of billet-doux1
C17: from French, literally: a sweet letter, from billet (see billet 1) + doux sweet, from Latin dulcis
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Example Sentences
Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.
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Judge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.
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My dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.
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Had this communication been a billet-doux, Peggie could hardly have betrayed more alarm and confusion.
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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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