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midinette
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midinette [ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt (French) midinɛt]
n pl -nettes [-ˈnɛts (French) -nɛt]
a Parisian seamstress or salesgirl in a clothes shop
[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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Noun1.midinette - a Parisian salesgirlmidinette - a Parisian salesgirl                
salesgirl, saleslady, saleswoman - a woman salesperson
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Drawing on unpublished letters and charity records in America and Europe, Mr Price brings before us a war correspondent, an organiser of workshops for unemployed midinettes in Paris, the founder of homes for war orphans, American hostels for refugees, hospitals for tubercular ex-soldiers, an organiser of concerts for out-of-work musicians and an indefatigable fund-raiser for charity.
The End of the Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton and the First World War by Bridgman, Joan / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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