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plural noun

the occupations and organizations involved in the manufacture of clothing.

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Origin of needle trades

First recorded in 1860–65

I try to stay out of trades and all of this stuff, just as an actor to not get your head messed up.
Inside the Lifetime Whitney Houston Movie’s Lesbian Lover Storyline|Kevin Fallon|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Certain trades, such as medicine or law, are eternally well-respected.
Renaissance Man Jared Leto Defies Categorization|The Daily Beast|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
From Auschwitz to the White House: One Tailor’s American Tale|Martin Greenfield|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Exploiting his role as a medical professional, he passes fiction off as fact and trades knowledge for fear.
The Sham, Scaremongering Guide to Ebola|Abby Haglage|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The West trades on its iconography, and many writers satisfy the hunger for that epic, legendary place.
Book Bag: Gritty Stories From the Real Montana|Carrie La Seur|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The directory of 1780 gave the names of twenty-six jewellers; that of 1880 gives nearly 700, including cognate trades.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It was stated by the deputation that 5,000 families were dependent on the jewellery trades in Birmingham.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
She was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates