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
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
“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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