Meaning of minette | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
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2. A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.

Examples

“The title page bears a minette portrait of the Duke being crowned by the hand of an ideal figure of Chicago, and below are the coat-of-arms and motto of the Duke's house.”

“[…] there were hundreds of other sizes of photographic prints ranging from a minette novelty to mammoth views.”

“The minettes of Buell Mountain are felsic, and many contain ground-mass quartz.”

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