soubrette
noun
a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
soubrettish
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a word derived from
soubrette.
Example Sentences
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Her taste in dress was soubrettish and flagrant, but it was not small-town.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
