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billet-doux
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bil·let-doux  (bl-d)
n. pl. bil·lets-doux (bl-dz)
A love letter.
[French : billet, short note; see billet1 + doux, sweet (from Latin dulcis).]
billet-doux [ˌbɪlɪˈduː (French) bijɛdu]
n pl billets-doux [ˌbɪlɪˈduːz (French) bijɛdu]
Old-fashioned or jocular a love letter
[from French, literally: a sweet letter, from billet (see billet1) + doux sweet, from Latin dulcis]
Translations
billet-doux [ˈbɪleɪˈduː] N (billets-doux (pl)) [ˈbɪleɪˈduː] → carta f amorosa
billet-doux
n → Liebesbrief m, → Billetdoux nt (old)
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These days posh totty/bit of rough liaisons have an infinitely less dangerous edge and, with the complex etiquette of communication between the sexes distilled into something along the lines of "my mate fancies your mate," there is no longer any need to dupe gullible schoolboys into ferrying billets-doux from one to the other.
Message received and understood, Cristiano by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
In this country it is the continuously murmuring prose haiku dialogue of the SMS, rather than the email, which has supplanted the ink and paper billets-doux of lovers from the days when the post came and went many times a day; it is the words that matter.
In our age of privacy the postcard is an endangered, subversive ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The USPS does print some pretty stamps, but its first-class rates wouldn't last five minutes if Congress were to permit UPS, FedEx, or anyone else to deliver birthday cards and billets-doux.
A postal day of mourning; Here's 2 cents' worth on rate hike by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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