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Definition of Costumiers
1. costumier [n] - See also: costumier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Costumiers
Literary usage of Costumiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Theatrical and Musical Recollections by Emily Soldene (1897)
"... rehearsals— A dress rehearsal—The sins of the costumiers—What a dress rehearsal
does for the performance—Our dress rehearsal—Mr. Morton's opinion of the ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"It will be said, how is a tailor's or a costumiers daughter, who has “taken to
the stage,” to acquire sufficient knowledge to play the part of a duchess or ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1867)
"The costumiers came to him for dresses for the masked balls of the carnival, and
he gave them more graceful drawings than they had ever seen before. ..."
4. America as I Saw it: Or America Revisited by Mrs Alec Tweedie, Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1913)
"America, therefore, is a gold-mine for the costumiers and modistes. ... These large
costumiers naturally charge enormous prices ; because, ..."
5. The bal masqué by Chicard (1848)
"The next day, costumiers reach the climax of their labours in collecting their
... The said costumiers derive considerable experience of the " great fact ..."
6. Street-lore of Bath: A Record of Changes in the Highways and Byways of the City by Robert Edward Myhill Peach (1893)
"... ii The Dress and Mantle-making Departments are under competent and skilful
costumiers, and everything possible is done to ensure good style and perfect ..."
7. Dublin, Cork, and South of Ireland: A Literary, Commercial, and Social (1892)
"KEELAN BROTHERS, Silk Mercers, costumiers, etc., has been justly considered one
of the leading houses in this branch of commercial enterprise in the ..."
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