chansonnette

She sang a little chansonnette, which, just then, half Europe was humming, -- it occurred in an opera which they were acting at one of the

The Beetle Richard Marsh

Montaigne praised the _naïveté_ of the village carols; and Malherbe preferred a rustic _chansonnette_ to all the poems of Ronsard.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

Then a very large woman warbles a French _chansonnette_ in the tiniest, most flute-like of voices; and then ----

Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

I often sang for her, and she liked everything I sang -- Italian stornelli, old-fashioned American negro songs, and even the very light modern French chansonnette, when there was any melody in them.

Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington

_En attendant_ she rattled off a sparkling French _chansonnette_ with such _élan_ that every man in the room, musical or otherwise, was soon round the piano.

Bluebell A Novel Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

And the flapjacks were not served _à la chansonnette_ that night.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Frank's _gâteaux à la chansonnette_ were things of beauty and therefore joys forever.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Theodora hummed to herself a glad little _chansonnette_ as she changed her breakfast negligee for the freshest and loveliest of her spring frocks.

Beyond The Rocks A Love Story Elinor Glyn 1903

Cloud and azure sky, tree tops and clover, the tiny rivulet dancing through deep grasses, the wind furrowing the fields, all these she put into her _chansonnette de laveuse_.

Barbarians 1899

Duprèz hummed a verse of a French _chansonnette_ under his breath and smiled.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889