The Collaborative International Dictionary
Historiette
Historiette \His`to*ri*ette"\, n. [F., dim. of histoire a
history.]
Historical narration on a small scale; a brief recital; a
story.
--Emerson.
Wiktionary
historiette
n. (context dated English) A short history or tale.
Usage examples of "historiette".
Ladies answered back with historiettes that would almost have made Queen Margaret of Navarre or even the great Elizabeth of England hide behind a handkerchief, but nobody hid here, but only laughed—howled, you may say.