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English
Etymology
From F. #French|midinette.

Pronunciation
IPA|/mɪdɪˈnɛt/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛt|-ɛt

Noun
en-noun

1. A female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris; a vacuous young woman.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 611:
#*:This? One finds them in every other midinette’s haunt, literally for sous.

1. A type of rose.

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