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minaudière

  ('nō-dyâr') pronunciation
n., pl. -dières (-dyârz', -dyâr').

A small ornamental case for a woman's cosmetics, jewelry, or personal items that is often carried as a handbag.

[French, from feminine of minaudier, affected, smirking, from minauder, to simper, smirk, from mine, appearance, countenance, from Old French, probably from Breton min, muzzle.]


 
 
 

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