demimondaine

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To hear McConnell fret that the federal deficit has ballooned to $1.19 trillion is to listen to the prattle of a demimondaine who is powdering the nose and negotiating the fee.

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  • To hear McConnell fret that the federal deficit has ballooned to $1.19 trillion is to listen to the prattle of a demimondaine who is powdering the nose and negotiating the fee. —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • BrE débrêe or dèbrêe, AmE dəbrêe débutant male dèbyûtàn or débyûtàn débutante female dèbyûtànt or débyûtànt décolletage noun, décolleté male, décolletée female daycoletàzh, daycoletây décor dâycor dégringolade dây-gráng-go-làd degustation-a tasting of foods or wines in a series of small portions dây-gù-stá-ssión de haut en bas də-ôwàn-bà déjà vu dâyzhà-vû deluxe, de luxe də-lúxe, də-lûxe demimondaine démimon-dâne demimonde démimonde demi-sec démi-séc dénouement dây-noûmon dépôt —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • In last spring's fit of bibliotaphic acquisition (a mania that, parenthetically, continues to hold me in its thrall), I bought around five books on the world of the Parisian demimondaine: those women kept by men of society, money and the arts in during the belle époque. —  pretty dumb things
  • Usually, after the first month or two, they shed these respectable, middle-class habiliments for what they fondly believed to be smart Paris costumes; and you could almost invariably tell a good, moral, church-going matron of the Middle West by the fact that she was got up like a demimondaine of the second class, in the naďve belief that she looked French and chic The three Hubbells were thoroughly nice people. —  Gigolo
  • a tasting of foods or wines in a series of small portions dây-gù-stá-ssión de haut en bas də-ôwàn-bà déjà vu dâyzhà-vû deluxe, de luxe də-lúxe, də-lûxe demi-glace démi-gláce demimondaine démimon-dâne demimonde démimonde demoiselle dəmwazél dénouement dây-noûmon département daypàrtmon derailleur dayrî-yër déraciné, déracinée dayrácinay dérange derânge de rigueur dərigër - hard g dernier cri dãirny-ãir-crêe derrière —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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  1. French, from demi-monde, demimonde; see demimonde.

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  1. French, from demimonde, demi-monde.
 

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