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‖ livre de chevet|livr də ʃəvɛ|
[Fr., lit. pillow-book.]
A bedside book; a favourite book.
1923A. Huxley On Margin 122 For some days I made Dr. Legat's book my livre de chevet. 1939Times Lit. Suppl. 13 May 284/1 It may also be recommended as a livre de chevet. 1958L. Durrell Mountolive v. 111 It was Darley..who introduced me to the current Alexandrian livre de chevet which is a French novel called Moeurs. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 529/2 To restore the Heroides to its rightful place as a livre de chevet for the literary connoisseur. |