grisette
Americannoun
noun
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(esp formerly) a French working-class girl, esp a pretty or flirtatious one
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an edible toadstool of the genus Amanita of broad-leaved and birch woods
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of grisette
1690–1700; < French, equivalent to gris gray ( see griseous) + -ette -ette; originally a cheap gray fabric, or dress made of such fabric, worn by young working women in the garment trade
Example Sentences
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Anne Hathaway, who plays the fallen grisette Fantine, first saw the musical at age 8, when her mother appeared in a touring production.
From Slate ● Dec. 24, 2012
You may, like Twain, have signally failed to track down a single grisette in Paris: "For three or four days I was constantly saying, 'Quick Fergusson, is that a grisette?' and he always said no."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2011
The bell rang; I opened the door instantly: it was my grisette, in the same costume as on the day of our first meeting, and with a no less affable expression.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock
Nunziata should not be left in tears again, nor again be driven to the little brazier of coke, like a love-sick grisette....
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
"My dear girl," I said to my grisette, "if it should happen to be the lady who was here the other day, I trust that you won't make another scene?"
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock
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