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mid⋅i⋅nette

  [mid-n-et; Fr. mee-dee-net]
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–noun, plural -nettes  [-nets; Fr. -net] .
a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
Origin:
1905–10; < F, b. midi noon and dînette light meal (see dinner, -ette ); hence, one who has time for only a light meal at noon, with play on -ette as a fem. personal suffix, as in grisette grisette
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midinette

noun
a Parisian salesgirl 
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