valet's

Like the giddily Baroque drawings that serve as the baron's manor and the Prince's palace and ballroom, the fine-tuned costumes are also Ponnelle's—a strutting chorus of red-coated footmen, the Prince disguised in his valet's green livery, the silly sisters with their elongated noses in frilly pink and blue hoop skirts, the ballroom scene in black and silver, white tie and tails.

'La Cenerentola' Sparkles on the Paris Stage Judy Fayard 2011

But for the world it was a huge piece of luck that he descended from a cook, a valet's widow, and a poor drunken singer and had ancestors with liberty-loving Flemish blood in their veins.

Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

As for scandals, the British Chronicle in September 1790 had a ripe one about an unnamed peer who fancied his valet's wife and sent the servant off on an errand which would take him away overnight.

British Library's early newspaper archive goes online 2011

But for the world it was a huge piece of luck that he descended from a cook, a valet's widow, and a poor drunken singer and had ancestors with liberty-loving Flemish blood in their veins.

A juke box hero, got stars in his eyes Matthew Guerrieri 2009

It took 35 minutes for my car to be delivered and when it finally was, the seat was sweaty from the valet's perspiring back.

Meg Hemphill: L.A.'s Newest Shopping Destination 2010

He began to wish he had not allowed his valet's disapproving comments to pique his interest.

Gatlinburg 2010

In a maneuver that would have ranked me on the NASCAR circuit, I flipped a u-turn on Santa Monica Boulevard in front of the restaurant, screeched to a halt in front of two pairs of gorgeous men at least I would be getting eye candy out of this, and snatched the claim ticket from the valet's hand.

O-Bar - Sundae, Bloody Sundae 2007

In a maneuver that would have ranked me on the NASCAR circuit, I flipped a u-turn on Santa Monica Boulevard in front of the restaurant, screeched to a halt in front of two pairs of gorgeous men at least I would be getting eye candy out of this, and snatched the claim ticket from the valet's hand.

Archive 2007-02-01 2007

Mr. KERLEO: And he tell me I have some papers I acquired when one house here in Versailles has been sold and it is papers what have been written by a valet of Napoleon I. STONE: Among the valet's papers was the formula for Napoleon's favorite Italian eau de cologne.

Perfume Gallery Preserves, Re-Creates Fragrances 2006

Few cars cruise here, even fewer souls are seen on the sidewalks — only the occasional oasis of a sheltered restaurant, remaining open even after everyone else has fled; departing customers move quickly from bright doorways to the waiting safety of their automobiles, tuck a bill into the valet's hand, and whisper away into the night.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006