billet-doux

He endeavoured to supply the want of his presence by a pretty constant fire of billets-doux; but these did not attract the neighbours' attention, and open their eyes, as personal visits would have done; and old Lady Ashby's haughty, sour spirit of reserve withheld her from spreading the news, while her indifferent health prevented her coming to visit her future daughter-in-law; so that, altogether, this affair was kept far closer than such things usually are.

"These billets-doux, which formed the basis of my book, were loving and sentimental," the publication quoted Pasternak as saying.

Billets-doux, in fact (we still like a bit of French).

Between Kim's billets-doux to the White House and Trump's gushing praise of Kim, the script could have been written by Oscar Wilde.

David Cameron is preparing new laws so MI5 can check our emails for billets-doux to terrorists.

I once got bombarded with flowers, poetry and billets-doux from someone who also said: "The thing is, we'll never go to Tesco together."

On Sunday at 12.30pm, Market Place resonates to the uplifting voices of the festival's own "scratch" choir, followed by an afternoon concert with Warwick's talented singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Ryder, eclectic indie band Polly and the Billets-Doux and a return appearance of the home-grown Birthday Bash band featuring renowned singer and guitarist Paul Elliott.

Or about the "close friendship" he says Tony Blair built with his family - attested to by billets-doux on Downing Street notepaper - help with his Phd and his playboy life in London, in which he literally followed in the dance steps of some of Blair's closest contacts.