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Definition of Modistes
1. modiste [n] - See also: modiste
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modistes
Literary usage of Modistes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"The Lapse of Fifty Years. — Napoleon's Mistake.— A Busy Time for the
modistes.— Regenerating French Society.—The New Converts.—" Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam! ..."
2. St. Petersburgh: A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; Through by Augustus Bozzi Granville (1829)
"... modistes.—The Fur Shops.—The Linen Trade.—Expenses of Living at St. Petersburgh.
... modistes ..."
3. The Prospects of Peru: The End of the Guano Age and a Description Thereof by Alexander James Duffield (1881)
"... Germans with glassware and woollen knitted work, French modistes, Italians,
Quichua and Aymara Indians in their various picturesque costumes—in fact, ..."
4. In and around Stamboul by Emelia Bithynia Hornby (1858)
"TURKISH REGULATION OF TIME.-- THE WINTER THEATRE IN THE CRIMEA.—ZOUAVE modistes.
My dear Mr. Hornby, ..."
5. Mass: The Art of John Harris by Ron Tiner, John Harris (1891)
"Lorsqu'un brevet a été pris pour l'addition aux têtes de carton dont se servent
les modistes, de tubes en bois, en métal, ou liège, etc., formant une masse ..."
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