ILLUSTRATIONS.

aides-de-camp

beaus-ideal or

beaux-ideal

cartes-blanche

charges-d’affaires

chevaux-de-frise

coups-de-main

courts-martial

cousins-german

daughters-in-law

fathers-in-law

gendarmes or

gens d’armes

jets d’eau

knights-errant

mesdames

men-of-war

messieurs

mothers-in-law

poets-laureate

porte-monnaies

prices-current

sergeants-at-arms

sisters-in-law

sons-in-law

step-children

step-fathers

valets-de-chambre

_Remark I._—If no hyphen is used, the sign of the plural is

always placed at the end; as, spoonful, _spoonfuls_.

_Remark II._—The sign of the possessive case is always placed

at the end of compound nouns; as, _son-in-law’s_ house.

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