/mid'n et"/ ; Fr. /mee dee net"/ , n. , pl. midinettes /-nets"/ ; Fr. /-net"/ .
a young Parisian saleswoman or seamstress.
[ 1905-10; midi noon and dînette light meal (see DINNER, -ETTE); hence, one who has time for only a light meal at noon, with play on -ette as a fem. personal suffix, as in grisette GRISETTE ]