millinery

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English

Etymology

milliner +‎ -y (“(nominalizer)”)

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "American" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmɪlnəɹˌi/; Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmɪlɪnəɹi/

Noun

millinery (countable and uncountable, plural millineries)

  1. Women's hats.
  2. (countable) A shop selling women's hats.
  3. (uncountable) The business and work that a milliner engages in.
    • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 471]:
      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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