billet
/ˈbɪlɪt/ noun C2- A short informal letter.
- A written order to quarter soldiers.
- A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
Plural billets
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There you must stay, or you lose your billet.’
Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it.
“It had been used for the storage of wood, but the billets, which had evidently been littered over the floor, were now piled at the sides, so as to leave a clear space in the middle.
I rose and examined carefully the different billets of wood which were scattered round the floor.
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