grisette
Americannoun
noun
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(esp formerly) a French working-class girl, esp a pretty or flirtatious one
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an edible toadstool of the genus Amanita of broad-leaved and birch woods
Other Word Forms
- grisettish adjective
Etymology
Origin of grisette
1690–1700; < French, equivalent to gris gray ( griseous ) + -ette -ette; originally a cheap gray fabric, or dress made of such fabric, worn by young working women in the garment trade
Example Sentences
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Anne Hathaway, who plays the fallen grisette Fantine, first saw the musical at age 8, when her mother appeared in a touring production.
From Slate • Dec. 24, 2012
You may, like Twain, have signally failed to track down a single grisette in Paris: "For three or four days I was constantly saying, 'Quick Fergusson, is that a grisette?' and he always said no."
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2011
Locked herself up with a brazier of coke, like a love-sick grisette.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
Why in the devil did that provoking grisette take up her abode in my house? right opposite me? under my nose?
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Kock, Charles Paul de
The grisette carries out her plan: she puts her clothes in pawn, without regret or melancholy.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
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