embroideress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of embroideress
Example Sentences
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Lady Welby, herself an accomplished embroideress, had the courage to face all the difficulties of such an undertaking.
From Needlework As Art by Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford
Idle she was not, she never lacked occupations; her reading, her music, her sewing, for she was a skilled embroideress, more than filled her leisure hours.
From East of the Shadows by Mrs. Hubert Barclay
She was laid by for three months; work was slack for her husband; her own earnings, for she was a skilled embroideress working for a great linen-shop in the Rue Vivienne, were no longer forthcoming.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
When Majendie sent Maggie Forrest's handiwork to Mrs. Ransome, with a kind note recommending the little embroideress, by that innocent good deed he woke the sleeping dogs of destiny.
From The Helpmate by May Sinclair
He was so little near what he dreaded, at present at least, that the scarlet jacket was tossed down again, and gave him no dreams of his fair and titled embroideress.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
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