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midinette

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

noun

, plural mid·i·nettes [mid-n-, ets, mee-dee-, net].
  1. a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.


midinette

/ ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt; midinɛt /

noun

  1. a Parisian seamstress or salesgirl in a clothes shop


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Word History and Origins

Origin of midinette1

1905–10; < French, blend of midi noon and dînette light meal ( 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 grisette grisette

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Word History and Origins

Origin of midinette1

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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Example Sentences

As a whole the midinette class is badly fed and therefore delicate and too often a prey to consumption.

Desnoyers knew all about his relations (so far honorable) with a midinette from the rue Taitbout.

All Paris is laughing over the sangfroid of a young married midinette on the occasion of an air raid on Paris.

Then we chatted discreetly with a Paris midinette at the gate of the farm.

The solo is Massenet, simon-pure Massenet, the idol of the Paris midinette.

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