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Sempstress

noun
1.
Someone who makes or mends dresses.  Synonyms: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress.





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"Sempstress" Quotes from Famous Books



... Small scullions in white caps and aprons slept upon greasy benches; the Boots sat staring at you while you fumbled, helpless, in a row of pigeon- holes, for your candlestick or your key; and, amid the coming and going of the commis-voyageurs, a little sempstress bent over the under-garments of the hostess, - the latter being a heavy, stem, silent woman, who looked ...
— A Little Tour in France • Henry James


Words linked to "Sempstress" :   needlewoman, Ross, garmentmaker, Betsy Griscom Ross, garment-worker, Betsy Ross, garment worker


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