midinette

[ mid-n-et; French mee-dee-net ]

noun,plural mid·i·nettes [mid-n-ets; French mee-dee-net]. /ˌmɪd nˈɛts; French mi diˈnɛt/.
  1. a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.

Origin of midinette

1
1905–10; <French, blend of 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 feminine personal suffix, as in grisettegrisette

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How to use midinette in a sentence

  • But the Midinettes were a very small proportion of those wild to see the real soldiers.

    When the Cock Crows | Waldron Baily

British Dictionary definitions for midinette

midinette

/ (ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt, French midinɛt) /


nounplural -nettes (-ˈnɛts, French -nɛt)
  1. a Parisian seamstress or salesgirl in a clothes shop

Origin of midinette

1
C20: from French, from midi noon + dinette light meal, since the girls had time for no more than a snack at midday

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