Seamstress

Definitions

A woman who sews clothes professionally.

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Examples

“[…] the Seamſtreſs brought in her ſilver thimble, the Chamber-maid her Bodkin, the Cook⟳ his ſilver ſpoon, the Vintner his Bowl into the common Treaſury of War and they who contributed to ſo pious a work⟳, were invited more then others in ſome Churches to come⟳ to the Holy Communion in the very time of adminiſtration; […]”

“They are seamstresses, who have⟳ plied the daily and nightly needle in the service of master tailors and close-fisted contractors, until now it is almost time for each to hem the borders of her own⟳ shroud.”

““If you have⟳ finished blathering about men, perhaps you won’t mind⟳ skipping over the new seamstress you’ve no doubt⟳ found?"”

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