midinette
Americannoun
plural
midinettesnoun
Etymology
Origin of midinette
1905–10; < French, blend of midi noon and dînette light meal ( see dinner, -ette); hence, one who has time for only a light meal at noon, with play on -ette as a feminine personal suffix, as in grisette grisette
Example Sentences
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The midinette insisted on her silk stockings and her cheap furs in which rabbit predominated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Women for Bonnard were his wife, Marthe de Meligny, a cute midinette he met when he was 28.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Ischl the Sissy of the play disguised herself as a midinette, became betrothed to the Emperor in the room where 61 years later he signed the declaration of war against Serbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
In our times she would be styled "a midinette."
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys
For the midinette and the femme galante there seemed nothing to do.
From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert
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