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cachet 1. an official seal on a document, letter, etc. 2. Philately a. a mark stamped by hand on mail for commemorative purposes b. a small mark made by dealers and experts on the back of postage stamps 3. a hollow wafer, formerly used for enclosing an unpleasant-tasting medicine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I believe that if you were not in disgrace with the Court, and had not been overshadowed by that cloud for years past, a letter de cachet would have sent me to some fortress indefinitely. de Bragelonne by insulting his mother; I have written this man's name upon the lettre de cachet which your majesty has been kind enough to give me, so that M. My sister-in-law, whom you remember seeing in Madame de Cintre's sitting-room, took, it appears, a fancy to you; she has described you as having beaucoup de cachet. |
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