An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MODISTE
dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress
(noun) someone who makes or mends dresses
hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste
(noun) someone who makes and sells hats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
modiste (plural modistes)
A person who makes or sells fashionable women's clothing, especially dresses or hats. [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
• mediots, mitosed, moisted
Source: Wiktionary
Mo`diste", n. Etym: [F. See Mode, and cf. Modist.]
Definition: A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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