† millinerialadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of, by, or relating to milliners or millinery.
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millinerial1844
1844 C. Dickens Let. 29 Mar. (1977) IV. 89 Ask her to save the dress... Let it never grow old, fade, shrink, or undergo millinerial alteration.
1874 Galaxy Apr. 544 She wouldn't know, when she rustled down to dinner next day, that is was I who had guided the frail skiff of her ‘millinerial’ fortunes to port.
1888 London Society May 557 The dramatic interest is fairly divided with the millinerial.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1844- snakyfooted
- snakyhaired
- snakyheaded
- snakylike
- snakysparkling
- snallygaster
- snam
- snammer
- snap
- snap a person's nose off
- snap action
- snap action gun
- snap back
- snap bill
- snap dissolution
- snap division
- snap election
- snap exposure
- snap freezing
- snap gauge
- snap head
- snap into
- snap judgement
- snap one's fingers at
- snap one's nose, or head, off