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midinette
[ mid-n-et; French mee-dee-net ]
noun
, plural mid·i·nettes [mid-n-, ets, mee-dee-, net].
- a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
midinette
/ ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt; midinɛt /
noun
- a Parisian seamstress or salesgirl in a clothes shop
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Word History and Origins
Origin of midinette1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of midinette1
C20: from French, from midi noon + dinette light meal, since the girls had time for no more than a snack at midday
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Example Sentences
As a whole the midinette class is badly fed and therefore delicate and too often a prey to consumption.
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Desnoyers knew all about his relations (so far honorable) with a midinette from the rue Taitbout.
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All Paris is laughing over the sangfroid of a young married midinette on the occasion of an air raid on Paris.
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Then we chatted discreetly with a Paris midinette at the gate of the farm.
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The solo is Massenet, simon-pure Massenet, the idol of the Paris midinette.
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