midinette
noun
a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
midinettes
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pluralof midinette.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She is the ancestor of all the midinettes and grisettes and rotund milkmaids that Renoir was to paint a century later.
From Time Magazine Archive
At night, midinettes celebrating the spinsters' feast, St. Catherine's Day, kissed many a G.I. who had never been near Strasbourg.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are the midinettes of Paris, whose nimble fingers no longer stitch gowns but assemble, in the largest plant of its kind on earth, the delicate wiring of radio sets for airplanes and ships.
From Time Magazine Archive
The midinettes, many of whom were members of the Communist-run General Confederation of Labor, were also supported by the Roman Catholic French Confederation of Christian Workers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The midinettes were allowed to leave their work.
From Fighting France by John Lauris Blake Williams
