What is "pette"

Usage examples of "pette".

She was weighing the advantages of a soft wool two-piece against a coat-dress when Cor came in and announced Mevrouw Pette, and Annis got to her feet.

Mevrouw Pette was young, stylish and pretty, with a pleasant smiling face and a brisk voice.

The two of them put their heads together and before Mevrouw Pette got up to go it had been decided that Annis was to have a lesson three times a week in the mornings, and on the other days work at her books.

Annis, restless, was only too glad to have something to do until it was time for Mevrouw Pette to give her her lesson.

She sat for a little while feeling tired and drained, not even thinking, until it was time for her to go down for her lesson with Mevrouw Pette, but she, poor lady, got no sense out of her during the next hour.

Mevrouw Pette comes, could we have coffee right away, not at the end of the lesson as we usually do?

She had done things to her face by the time Mevrouw Pette was due to arrive, so that although she was a little pale, there was no trace of tears.

Mevrouw Pette was full of praise for her hard work, congratulating herself silently for having been lenient with her pupil over the last few days.

She was weighing the advantages of a soft wool two-piece against a coat-dress when Cor came in and announced Mevrouw Pette, and Annis got to her feet.