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  • noun Plural form of milliner.

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Examples

  • Division Street may be termed the milliners 'quarter of New York

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

  • Piles of cardboard boxes, such as milliners and dressmakers use in Europe, cumbered the corners; and by some means he had procured for himself the sort of furniture that might have come out of a respectable parlour in the East End of London -- a horsehair sofa, arm-chairs of the same.

    The Shadow Line 1917

  • Piles of cardboard boxes, such as milliners and dressmakers use in Europe, cumbered the corners; and by some means he had procured for himself the sort of furniture that might have come out of a respectable parlour in the East

    The Shadow Line; a confession Joseph Conrad 1890

  • Other milliners creating great noteworthy hats include the wonderful Stephen Jones, Cozmo Jenks and newer to the scene Victoria Grant.

    A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • You can make hats and gloves quite easily if you dont try to do it the milliners way.

    Alfred Augustus Glendening 1861-1903 2009

  • A lovely women's clothing store with a range of great designers, including milliners Philip Treacy, Memsahib Couture and Lady Muck.

    Days at the Races 2011

  • A lovely women's clothing store with a range of great designers, including milliners Philip Treacy, Memsahib Couture and Lady Muck.

    My Old Kentucky Home 2011

  • Other milliners creating great noteworthy hats include the wonderful Stephen Jones, Cozmo Jenks and newer to the scene Victoria Grant.

    A Flashy, Positively Ghastly Spectacle Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • He calculated that his work on this production began almost two years ago and that more than 600 people—beaders, painters, furriers, milliners, welders—contributed work to the show's 140 costumes.

    'Follies' Costume Drama Lizzie Simon 2011

  • Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal More than 600 people—beaders, painters, furriers, milliners, welders—worked on the show's 140 costumes.

    Sequins, Feathers and Fishnets 2011

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