word of the day: midinette
Bernard, in his role as agent of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society, is trapped himself when two scrubwomen enter the room where he has not found the missing heiress. The women are “discuss[ing] their Easter bonnets — Easter bonnets meaning as much to a scrubwoman as any topknot worn by a midinette in Paris on St. Catherine’s day.”
Thus the women, who otherwise could spell doom for a mouse, are distracted enough for Bernard to make his escape.
definition (Merriam-Webster): a Parisian shopgirl; especially : a Parisian seamstress
source:
Bernard the Brave
by Margery Sharp
illustrated by Leslie Morrill
1977. Little, Brown & Co., Boston
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