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Definition of Midinettes
1. midinette [n] - See also: midinette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midinettes
Literary usage of Midinettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1910)
"midinettes were suddenly hailed as the successors of the late lamented grisettes.
Thev were called Mimt Pinson ; their tendency toward love affairs was ..."
2. France from Within by Claire Pratz (1912)
"watch the midinettes at their meal is admirably and brightly described, ...
A great many of these midinettes provide cold luncheons of charcuterie, ..."
3. Bruno's Weekly by Guido Bruno (1915)
"And it can easily be understood where the tens of thousands of midinettes of
Paris are keeping themselves since the outbreak of the war, who previously ..."
4. Behind the Battle Line, Around the World in 1918 by Madeleine Zabriskie Doty (1918)
"The midinettes are the women workers in the great dressmaking establishments.
The majority are young and ... They are called midinettes from midi (noon ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For example, the missionary work among young seamstresses (midinettes) has
developed greatly between 1908 and 1910; it consists of short instructions ..."
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