Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man whose occupation consists of or includes sewing, as a tailor, an upholsterer, etc.
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Examples
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Any one who was not a practised needleman and machinist was handicapped for a time, until he fell into the ways of the through-and-through and blanket-stitch, thimbles, shuttles, spools and many other things he had once affected to despise as belonging to the sphere of women's work.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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But to her surprise Cecil declared himself an expert needleman, and proved it by stitching up a bean-bag, under Patty's direction, in most praiseworthy fashion.
Patty in Paris Carolyn Wells 1902
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He was an excellent needleman and washerman, and a very good sailor.
Notes on Life and Letters Joseph Conrad 1890
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I am, like most ex-sailors, something of a needleman myself.
A Little Book for Christmas Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890
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The nefarious needleman writes home, that he is as comfortable as a finger in a thimble: that, though a fraction only of humanity, he has several wives, and is filled every day with rum and kangaroo.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840
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Among his many other failings, a former using buddy was also something less than a born needleman.
Chicago Reader 2010
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bub.blicio.us 2010
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"Rebellious staymaker, unkempt," says Carlyle, "who feels that he, a single needleman, did by his
William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898
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