bijou
a jewel.
something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought.
Origin of bijou
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How to use bijou in a sentence
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Haggard and his wife sat in the little drawing-room of their bijou house in May Fair.
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Hers had just presented her with a lovely coupe, lined with yellow satin, a perfect bijou.
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The footman showed him into the small drawing-room of the baroness, a bijou of a room, furnished in gilt and crimson satin.
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British Dictionary definitions for bijou
/ (ˈbiːʒuː) /
something small and delicately worked, such as a trinket
(modifier) often ironic small but elegant and tasteful: a bijou residence
Origin of bijou
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