The 'modiste' will tell the philosopher that it is now the fashion to be severe; in a word, it is 'fesch'. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
I think that Calliope has lived in Friendship since the beginning, when she and Liddy Ember were partners in their little "modiste" shop. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
"Merely because the modiste recommended it." she said. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
I shall have a modiste summoned to the house tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing with Clara]
A fashionable modiste should be consulted in the emergency. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
Will you go with them the next time they visit the modiste?. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
A modiste hears much, and the best are discreet as priests. From Wordnik.com. [The Dressmaker] Reference
How many of the peasant dresses have given an idea to the modiste!. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
The modiste had spied Clarissa, hanging back, a little overwhelmed. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
She barely gives us enough time to have the modiste make us new gowns. From Wordnik.com. [Shades of Milk and Honey, Chapter Three] Reference
"It was a letter for the modiste," she replied with assumed indignation. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
Mrs. Wentworth rapped the table as if she could summon the modiste instantly. From Wordnik.com. [Shades of Milk and Honey, Chapter Three] Reference
“I rather stand in awe of a good milliner or modiste,” she nodded gravely. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XVIII] Reference
She was slightly built, but graceful, with the grace of the fashionable modiste. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Not much to her surprise, the modiste ran after her with a mouthful of apologies. From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
In fact, Whitstable Bushmill probably is a seamstress/ modiste in a Dickens novel. From Wordnik.com. [A Linktastic Friday to End All Linktastic Fridays - A Dress A Day] Reference
"I will leave you with Miss Eldergast," said Mary Anne loftily, and turned to the modiste. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Perhaps she will have time to accompany you to a modiste this afternoon or tomorrow morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
Yet she had had all of Jane's clothes made at home instead of waiting to engage a London modiste. From Wordnik.com. [An Unacceptable Offer]
Then, as Mary Anne sailed out of the room with a self-important air, Marina smiled at the modiste. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
It was something of an ordeal, although the modiste helpfully taught her how to manage on her own. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
The truly artistic modiste cuts a low-necked dress to reveal the fine lines of the back, but it is never in. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
Marie Blanche, who conducted a modiste and lingerié shop on the Rue de Rivolie, handled all my communications to Paris. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
Her gown was a lustreless black silk, trimmed with gold and made as plain as her modiste would -- and the styles permitted. From Wordnik.com. [The Cab of the Sleeping Horse] Reference
The next day Willa paid her first visit to a famous modiste in Mrs. Halstead's company, and returned exhausted but impressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
Naturally graceful, her figure was indebted to her modiste for every adventitious aid the art of modern dressmaking can bestow. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
AMANDA, Parisian modiste at the time of Louis Philippe. From Wordnik.com. [Repertory of the Comedie Humaine Part 1] Reference
"The dress is a model, madam," said the puzzled modiste. From Wordnik.com. [The Orchard of Tears] Reference
They find the modiste, who inspects her new customers and is all suavity. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
"I rather stand in awe of a good milliner or modiste," she nodded gravely. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House] Reference
"It was a gallant speech, and the modiste is pleased with the compliment," thought I. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
I had no desire to run away from a partner who danced so well, though she were a modiste. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
I cannot affirm that the judgment of Flip's mysterious modiste was infallible, or that the taste of. From Wordnik.com. [Flip, a California romance] Reference
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