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MILLINER

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 468 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MILLINER  , originally a dealer in goods from the

city of Milan in Italy, whence the name . Such goods were chiefly steel
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work, including cutlery, needles, also arms and armour and textile fabrics,
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ribbons, gloves and " Milan bonnets." The " milliners " of
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London, though never formed into a
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Livery
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Company seem to have been associated with the " Cappers and Hurers," which later were amalgamated with the " Haber-dashers " (q.v.) . Minsheu's derivation of the word from milk, thousand (" as having a thousand small wares to sell "), though a typical instance of guessing etymologies, shows the
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miscellaneous character of their trade in, the 16th and 17th centuries . The
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modern use of the word is confined chiefly to one who makes and sells bonnets and hats for
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women; but articles of "millinery" include ribbons, laces, &c., usually retailed by haberdashers .

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