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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLetters, notes and cards - aerogramme
- air letter
- chain letter
- Christmas card
- compliment(s) slip
- correspondence
- greetings card
- handbill
- hate mail
- invitation
- invite
- junk mail
- love letter
- poison-pen letter
- postcard
- PPS
- PS
- round robin
- RSVP
- wire
See more results » (Definition ofbillet-douxfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- He now felt not disinclined to take up the neglected billet-doux. He broke the seal and read.
- I sent her three or four billets-doux every day, and received as many.
- Nothing but billets-doux were found in his writing-case.
- The sexton who emptied it of its contents found in it more than fifty sequins, and several billets-doux, to the great scandal of the weaker brethren.
- This billet-doux was sealed and despatched, and in due time brought an acceptance.
Examplesofbillet-douxbillet-doux He was perusing abillet-douxwritten in a lady's hand.FromProject Gutenberg She had never seen him—but she had heard of moonlight walks and tenderbillet-doux.FromProject Gutenberg She accordingly sent him a littlebillet-douxintimating her wishes in the most agreeable language.FromProject Gutenberg Doves never bore choicerbillet-douxbeneath their wings.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/billet-doux## |