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millinery

American  
[mil-uh-ner-ee, -nuh-ree] / ˈmɪl əˌnɛr i, -nə ri /

noun

  1. women's hats and other articles made or sold by milliners.

  2. the business or trade of a milliner.


millinery British  
/ ˈmɪlɪnərɪ, -ɪnrɪ /

noun

  1. hats, trimmings, etc, sold by a milliner

  2. the business or shop of a milliner

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of millinery

First recorded in 1670–80; milliner + -y 3

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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

A 2003 book of photographs, “Paris + Klein,” portrayed the city of fashion and fine dining as a freak show of boulevard cafes where ladies in millinery ate with plastic forks on paper plates.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

Here is a selection of some of this year's head-turning millinery.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022

It was a nice bit of millinery, but more than that, it was historic because it was worn as part of her wardrobe for the administration’s first state dinner.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022

Still, it was a hoot seeing the hats that were in fashion at the millinery.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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