vendeusen.
/vɒ̃ˈdəːz/, /vɒnˈduːz/, U.S. /vɑnˈduz/ A saleswoman; spec. one employed in a fashion house.
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1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country xiii. 181 Slender vendeuses floating by in a mist of opopanax.
1936 ‘R. West’ Thinking Reed ii. 61 This girl had been a vendeuse with a great French couturier.
1957 M. Sharp Eye of Love iii. 37 In the show-room Miss Molyneux, vendeuse and model, and Miss Harris, who fitted, were as usual discussing the private lives of film-stars.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1074/5 Went into a smart milliners and asked the vendeuse to ‘show me a hat for an ugly middle~aged woman whose husband no longer loves her’.
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