grisette

[gri-zet]

noun

a young French workingwoman.

Origin:
1690–1700; < French, equivalent to gris gray (see griseous) + -ette -ette; originally a cheap gray fabric, or dress made of such fabric, worn by young working women in the garment trade

Related forms

gri·set·tish, adjective

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grisette (ɡrɪˈzɛt)

—n
1.	(esp formerly) a French working-class girl, esp a pretty or flirtatious one
2.	an edible toadstool of the genus Amanita of broad-leaved and birch woods

[C18: from French, from grisette grey fabric used for dresses, from gris grey]

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