wardrobe mistress


noun
  1. a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.

Origin of wardrobe mistress

1
First recorded in 1895–1900

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How to use wardrobe mistress in a sentence

  • Some of the fancy things could be executed by a competent wardrobe mistress, if some one would give her the ideas.

    The Real Adventure | Henry Kitchell Webster
  • There was also a matter of twenty dollars or so still to be paid to the wardrobe mistress and her assistant.

    The Real Adventure | Henry Kitchell Webster
  • The stage costumes hung in neat ranks outside under the eye of the wardrobe mistress.

    The Real Adventure | Henry Kitchell Webster
  • The wardrobe mistress hurries from one to another, needle and thread in hand.

    My Actor-Husband | Anonymous
  • In a less sloppily organized company I'd be called wardrobe mistress, I guess.

    No Great Magic | Fritz Reuter Leiber

British Dictionary definitions for wardrobe mistress

wardrobe mistress

noun
  1. a person responsible for maintaining and sometimes making the costumes in a theatre

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