Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who sews, especially one who makes her living by sewing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman whose occupation is sewing
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A woman who
sews clothes professionally.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who makes or mends dresses
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Examples
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A great resource for the beginning seamstress is Sew What?
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Well, there's a certain seamstress who makes bags, and our favorite jewelers -- or at least the ones who are selling things right now; some of you haven't posted about jewelry in awhile.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway matociquala 2008
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The word seamstress means basically sewing up seams, which can be hard work in more elaborate designs, especially in dresses worn in the 40s and 50s as they had some rather intricate piecing.
"If you're going to de-sex the awards into subdivisions of Best Actor — if you're all actors, and the gender doesn't matter..." Ann Althouse 2008
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(Good news for sweatshop workers and their children everywhere — Mom's identity as an underpaid seamstress is vital to healthy family functioning.)
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(Good news for sweatshop workers and their children everywhere — Mom's identity as an underpaid seamstress is vital to healthy family functioning.)
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That day, too she called a seamstress who was making her some clothes.
Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973
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Three or four buttons would have mirrored the angled edge of the bodice opening, but two just looks like the seamstress was a bit off sewing the buttonholes in.
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I can call the seamstress and see if she can change my appointment.
Decoys, Inc. Shonda Cheekes 2008
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I can call the seamstress and see if she can change my appointment.
Decoys, Inc. Shonda Cheekes 2008
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I can call the seamstress and see if she can change my appointment.
Decoys, Inc. Shonda Cheekes 2008
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