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bijou
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What does bijou mean?
noun
- A jewel.
- A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
- A small intricate piece of metalwork.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Small; little.
- Small and elegant.
- Intricate; finely made.
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The first theatre in the United States to be lighted by an Edison isolated plant was the Bijou Theatre, Boston.
Lamb’s beautiful “Album verses” appeared in the “Bijou,” Scott’s “Bonnie Dundee” in the “Christmas Box,” and Tennyson’s “St. Agnes’ Eve” in the “Keepsake.”
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Godetia, Bijou, Lady Albemarle, and Lady Satin Rose.
The very first day I saw Halsted Street a long line of young men and boys stood outside the gallery entrance of the Bijou Theater, waiting for the Sunday matinee to begin at two o'clock, although it was only high noon.
They were all displayed in that chamber of the Castle into which I had been first inducted, and which served, not only as the general sitting-room but as the kitchen too, if I might judge from a saucepan on the hob, and a brazen bijou over the fireplace designed for the suspension of a roasting-jack.