portmanteau of billet doux
Artefact
St Just’s travelling archive of love letters. Revolutionary correspondence emptied onto a pub table for proletarian delectation.
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Where they turn up
- The Mynah’s Arms delivered to (1 passage)
From the books (1 passage)
So saying, he plucked from his bosom the portmanteau of billet doux, and emptied it onto the table for the delectation of the low debauched personages who festered there. Hieronymus selected one of the sheets, and held it up to the light, and examined it for some minutes in silence.