seamster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seamster
before 1000; Middle English semster ( e ), Old English sǣmestre, sēamystre, feminine derivative of sēamere tailor; see seam, -ster
Example Sentences
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One of them is a seamster who taught two other men to sew, and they’ve been producing masks with whimsical prints — purple flowers, anchors, foxes — that they’re giving to anyone who needs one.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020
He left Moria, found a job as a house worker and then as a seamster, rented a house in Mytilene, the capital of Lesbos, where he has chosen to stay, his asylum application accepted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
Perhaps the most prominent seamster is ex-Candidate Ed Muskie, whose father was a tailor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here’s a secret: I was a much better seamster than I let on.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
My wife is a seamster, my auntie a cook I do janitor work or comon labor.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 by Various
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