millinery
Origin of millinery
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How to use millinery in a sentence
Atop her head sat an upturned, dented little metal bucket—recycling turned into millinery.
Paris Fashion Week: Redefining Femininity at Comme des Garçons and Rick Owens | Robin Givhan | September 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPippa wore a hat embroidered with butterflies, by Madeleine millinery, and a gold sequinned dress.
Pippa Joins Kate and William As They Mark Big Day at Friend's Wedding | Tom Sykes | April 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThirty trunks—constructed to house everything from crinolines and corsets, to dresses and millinery—are piled high.
From where he sat he could look across at the muddy car standing before a closed millinery-and-drygoods store.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerIt is very difficult for her to do this if she has had no training in dressmaking or in millinery.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchy
Girls in such a circle could all help in blouse making or in millinery.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchyShe had picked up some of the ends of her burnt millinery, which she used to barter for food as they went along.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallI think they must have opened a store; for she spoke of having on hand a valuable stock of millinery and medicines.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. Dall
British Dictionary definitions for millinery
/ (ˈmɪlɪnərɪ, -ɪnrɪ) /
hats, trimmings, etc, sold by a milliner
the business or shop of a milliner
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