badine

Carrousel, -- where a Lady shaded in broad gypsy-hat, and leaning on the arm of a servant, also of the Runner or Courier sort, stands aside to let it pass, and has even the whim to touch a spoke of it with her badine, -- light little magic rod which she calls badine, such as the

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Jones admitted that he had often badine sported, teased, played with her and given her money, but that he had “positively” not taken her virginity.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Jones admitted that he had often badine sported, teased, played with her and given her money, but that he had “positively” not taken her virginity.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Her malicious cousin, Bussy-Rabutin, who was piqued by her indifference, and basely wished to avenge himself, said that her "warmth was in her intellect;" that for a woman of quality she was too badine, too economical, too keenly alive to her own interests; that she made too much account of a few trifling words from the queen, and was too evidently flattered when the king danced with her.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

But where is the Lady that stood aside in gypsy-hat, and touched the wheel-spoke with her _badine_?

A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Percy Lubbock 1922

The traces of it are to be found not only in his elegiac love poetry, but also in prose work like his “Confession d’un enfant du siècle, ” and in drama like “On ne badine pas avec l’amour, ” where one is shown the danger of trifling with love.

Biographical Note 1917

She called back -- ` ` On ne badine pas avec l'amour! ''

The Conflict 1911

_On ne badine pas avec l'amour_ -- much less with a newspaper.

Journalism for Women A Practical Guide Arnold Bennett 1899

She called back -- "On ne badine pas avec l'amour!"

The Conflict David Graham Phillips 1889

There are hours when Franz [Liszt], while amusing himself, trifles [badine], like him, on some notes in order to let the furious elements afterwards loose on this gentle breeze.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888