shirtmaker

[ shurt-mey-ker ]

noun

1. a person who makes shirts.

Other Words From

• shirtmaking noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of shirtmaker¹

First recorded in 1855–60; shirt + maker

Example Sentences

How could they work together, seeing that she is a shirtmaker and he a cloakmaker.

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The sewing-girl, like Hood's shirtmaker, scarcely fears the 'phantom of grisly bone.'

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"It's the tailor, the bootmaker and the shirtmaker," said Dearborn.

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The immense shirt seen in the illustration below was constructed for a shirtmaker at Sioux City, Iowa.

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There was always something or other to order at his tailor's or his shirtmaker's.

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