Meaning of Millinery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Women's hats.
   countable, uncountable
2. A shop selling women's hats.
   countable
3. The business and work that a milliner engages in.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.”

“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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