embroideress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of embroideress
Example Sentences
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Different qualities of this material will be suggested to the embroideress by her needs; but, before passing to other things, I should not omit mention of the charming linen woven at Langdale.
From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various
Do�a Paula declared she must have done so; the embroideress wept, and there was a regular scene.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
There is no embroideress in the town to hold a candle to Martina.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Valentina, also an embroideress, and also with red hair, was not so pretty; her eyes were smaller, her skin less delicate, her nose less regular, and she was smaller of stature.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
They sabre at her own home, 240, Rue Saint Martin, a poor embroideress, Mdlle.
From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor
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