noun
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hats, trimmings, etc, sold by a milliner
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the business or shop of a milliner
Etymology
Origin of millinery
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On the main floor, check out tiny replica pioneer cabins and a building-wide two-story replica vintage Main Street with a bank, train station, millinery, general store, doctor, library, dentist and more.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Poet Maya Angelou wore one of Mrs. Beane’s millinery creations.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
Here is a selection of some of this year's head-turning millinery.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022
“Showstoppers!” displays 100-odd costumes, as well as a handful of the tools used to make them, like millinery blocks and a 19th-century crewel machine from the embroiderers Penn & Fletcher.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
“I reckon you need some hep with yore millinery stuff. Camp, go git some a-them clean pasteboard boxes for our Miss Simpson here.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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