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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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
Thus 60 Paris dressmakers, employing directly 15,000 midinettes and indirectly a million makers of dress materials, were allowed to fashion style in full freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, five days before the show, 12,000 of Paris' 20,000 midinettes* laid down their needles and flounced out on what was probably France's most popular strike of the year.
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
