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‖ matinée
(ˈmætɪneɪ, Fr. matine)
[F. matinée morning, what occupies a morning, f. matin morning.]
1. A ‘morning’ (i.e. afternoon) theatrical or musical or cinema performance.
[1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxiv, A matinée musicale. 1850Longfellow in Life (1891) II. 170 Charles Perkins gives matinées musicales.] 1858Boston Even. Gaz. 6 Mar., A dramatic matinee is a novel idea. 1879Dramatic Notes 23, I have given 379 Matinées, equal to one year and a quarter of night performances. 1880Standard 22 Dec., The Gaiety matinées. 1973P. Evans Bodyguard Man i. 13 A child raised on Saturday matinée soap-operas at the local cinema.
2. A woman's lingerie jacket.
1896Woman's Life 11 July 178/2 The pretty summer matinée of white cambric or lawn that accompanies this petticoat is made with full bell sleeves edged with lace. 1908A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale iii. iv. 338 She sat up and managed to drag her matinée from a chair and put it round her shoulders. 1960Cunnington & Beard Dict. Eng. Costume 134/2 Matinee 1851.., a hooded pardessus made of jacconet or muslin and worn outdoors over a morning dress.
3. attrib. and Comb., as matinée actor, matinée girl, matinée public, matinée ticket; matinée coat, a baby's short outer garment; matinée hat, a lady's hat worn at matinées; matinée idol, a handsome actor of a type supposed to be especially attractive to matinée audiences.
1895W. Archer in World 13 Feb. 25/2 He will learn next to nothing from *matinée actors and audiences.
1929Treasure Cot Catal. Nov. 31 Very pretty *Matinee Coat in good quality Crepe-de-chine. 1957W. Rodwell Cutting & Designing Juvenile Outerwear 1. 2 Basic draft for infant's matinée coat... This draft is for the earliest type of coat worn by children.
1899H. Van Dyke Fisherman's Luck 101 The *matinée girl is not likely to have a very luminous or truthful idea of existence floating around in her pretty head.
1894Million 10 Feb. 223/2 The disappearance of the *matinée hat would be seriously felt by the writer of jokes. 1898St. James's Gaz. 8 Nov. 4/1 No efforts of theatrical managers seem able to cope with the nuisance of the ‘matinée hat’. 1905G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 256, I once, in Drury Lane Theatre, sat behind a matinée hat decorated with two wings of a seagull.
1902‘H. McHugh’ Back to Woods vii. 107 Mrs. John..you should be proud of this *matinee idol husband of yours. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xiii. 210 Being conspirators from the cradle and matinee idols by proclamation. 1924J. Buchan Three Hostages iv. 54 He's not in the least the ordinary matinée idol. He is..adored by women and also liked by men. 1952Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 116 A perfect example of the matinée idol was the late Owen Nares. 1973Times 26 Mar. 12/5 In the heyday of the matinee idol he had commanded..a sober, serene and loyal admiration.
1919F. Hurst Humoresque 206 It was just their always playing in the same pictures, and that silly *matinée public..got to linking their names together.
1904‘A. Dale’ Wanted: a Cook 208 What do you say to mentioning *matinée tickets once a week?
Add:[3.] matinée jacket = matinée coat s.v. matinée n. 3.
1964Baby Goods Trade Jrnl. July 13/1 (caption) Quilted brushed Bri-Nylon is used by Billikin for this *matinee jacket and matching bonnet. 1986Auckland Star 6 Feb. a2 She believes the baby's jacket..is the matinee jacket worn by her daughter..when she disappeared. |