[Fr.] A present or gift.
1840. Barham, Ingol. Leg., Ser. I. Mr. Peters’s Story (ed. 10), 332.
| Especially too, as we very well know, | |
| If there seems any chance of a little cadeau, | |
| A ‘Present from Brighton,’ or ‘Token’ to show. |
1882. J. Payn, in Cornh. Mag., Jan., 13. A cadeau from his Highness.
1885. ‘Where Chineses Drive,’ 141. The teachers would bring some little present as a New Year’s cadeau, a little tea or some sweetmeats.
