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Les lettres françaises

At least sixty-five women who previously attended the same school in Melbourne, Australia, have received used condoms in the post.

The letters, which also contained handwritten messages, were sent to addresses in south-eastern and eastern Melbourne.

Tom Housden, BBC News

It's not clear whether the letters Tom's referring to are the French ones in question.


French letter
noun
British informal, dated a condom

I have no idea why those wacky Brits should refer to condoms as French letters. But there you go.