MINAUDIÈRE Definition & Meaning

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[ mee-noh-dyair; French mee-noh-dyer ]

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noun

plural minaudieres

a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.

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Origin of ��Բ��ܻ徱è��¹

First recorded in 1935–40 (earlier in sense “coquette”); from French ��Բ��ܻ徱è�� originally, “coquette, person with affected manners,” noun use of feminine of minaudier “affected,” equivalent to minaud(er) “to have an affected manner” (verbal derivative, with -aud adjective suffix, of mine “facial expression,” probably from Breton min “muzzle”) + -ier; ribald, -ier ²

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A small clutch evening bag or minaudiere is being sold with two 10-cent coins, eight Philip Morris cigarettes and a used Revlon lipstick in the shade "Bachelor's Carnation," a vibrant red hue.

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There are also accessories, consisting of white leather sneakers, a black folio for men and an envelope clutch and ��Բ��ܻ徱è�� for women.

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The price tag for the gold, rose-shaped ��Բ��ܻ徱è��: $4,995.

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Lhuillier also showed more of her own shoes, and for the first time, minaudiere bags.

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The displays take the curator Evelyne Possémé’s story from the small decorative boxes of 1920s to the invention of the famous ��Բ��ܻ徱è��, or box evening bag, in 1933.

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