Lexicographical Neighbors of Couturieres
Literary usage of Couturieres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife, 1883-1900 by Mary Alsop King Waddington (1903)
"One of the French couturieres here will send a packer, and will come herself to
help the maids. Lher- mite, with his cooks, footmen, etc., start Wednesday ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1869)
"... such as sometimes honour bachelors' parties,—actresses, couturieres, opera-
dancers, and so forth)—as for ladies' society, I say, I cry pish ! ..."
3. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England by Charles Larcom Graves (1922)
"Signs of sanity, however, were recognized in the announcement that Parisian
couturieres had issued a fiat against wasp waists, and were going to take the ..."
4. My Recollections by Jules Massenet, Harry Villiers Barnett (1919)
"It was not the custom then as it is nowadays to have a rehearsal for the "couturieres,"
then for the "col- onelle" and, finally, the "general" rehearsal. ..."
5. My Recollections by Jules Massenet, Harry Villiers Barnett (1919)
"It was not the custom then as it is nowadays to have a rehearsal for the "couturieres,"
then for the "col- onelle" and, finally, the "general" rehearsal. ..."
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