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shopgirl

English

Etymology

From shop +? girl.

Noun

shopgirl (plural shopgirls)

  1. A girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman.

Translations

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midinette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French midinette, from midi (“midday”) + dinette, diminutive of diner (“dinner”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?d??n?t/
  • Rhymes: -?t

Noun

midinette (plural midinettes)

  1. A female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.
  2. A vacuous but fashionable 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.
  3. A type of miniature climbing rose.

French

Etymology

Blend of midi +? dînette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.di.n?t/

Noun

midinette f (plural midinettes)

  1. shopgirl, salesclerk, midinette
  2. bimbo, midinette

Further reading

  • “midinette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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