millinery
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millinery
- /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/ US
- /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/ US
noun millineries
- Women's hats. The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.
- A shop selling women's hats.
- The business and work that a milliner engages in. They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"
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noun A shop with women's hats
| Español | boneteria |
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| Deutsch | Hutgeschäft, Modewaren, Modewarengeschäft, Boutique |
noun The business and work that a milliner engages in
| Deutsch | Hutmacherei |
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Talk about this word "millinery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/millinery. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. millinery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/millinery "millinery." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/millinery.
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@misc{millinery_2026,
title = {millinery},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/millinery},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
