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  • noun Obsolete form of letter.

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Examples

  • Then her door rattled and Angeline's voice cried out with jubilant laughter: "_Une lettre, Madame, une lettre_!"

    The Indian Lily and Other Stories Hermann Sudermann 1892

  • He was also a writer, a painter, a poet, a "sound poet," a musician, an electronic artist practically avant la lettre, and an inspiration not only for Burroughs, but for legions of younger artists working in all disciplines, from Patti Smith to Keith Haring.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last Peter Frank 2010

  • Bonjour Jules, Merci beaucoup pour votre lettre; c'est merveilleuse!

    rencontre - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Acrostiche: pièce de vers composée de telle sorte qu'en lisant dans le sens vertical la première lettre de chaque vers on trouve le mot pris pour thème ....

    acrostiche - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Les Dijonnais "ont été touchés, et même fiers, de découvrir votre goût pour un produit local qui contribue à la réputation internationale de notre cité: la moutarde de Dijon", écrit le maire socialiste de la ville, François Rebsamen, dans la lettre accompagnant le goûteux colis.

    obama and dijon mustard: the history behind the headlines. 2009

  • He was also a writer, a painter, a poet, a "sound poet," a musician, an electronic artist practically avant la lettre, and an inspiration not only for Burroughs, but for legions of younger artists working in all disciplines, from Patti Smith to Keith Haring.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last Peter Frank 2010

  • He was also a writer, a painter, a poet, a "sound poet," a musician, an electronic artist practically avant la lettre, and an inspiration not only for Burroughs, but for legions of younger artists working in all disciplines, from Patti Smith to Keith Haring.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last Peter Frank 2010

  • He was also a writer, a painter, a poet, a "sound poet," a musician, an electronic artist practically avant la lettre, and an inspiration not only for Burroughs, but for legions of younger artists working in all disciplines, from Patti Smith to Keith Haring.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last Peter Frank 2010

  • He was also a writer, a painter, a poet, a "sound poet," a musician, an electronic artist practically avant la lettre, and an inspiration not only for Burroughs, but for legions of younger artists working in all disciplines, from Patti Smith to Keith Haring.

    Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Brion Gysin, Together at Last Peter Frank 2010

  • I had immediate credibility with the Doogie Howsers avant la lettre; I had not only taken heroin, I'd installed a major, big-ticket item “white goods” appliance while under its influence.

    Quitting Smack Con Chapman 2011

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