sempstress
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -ess.
Example Sentences
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He made the best baskets in the world, and his wife was an excellent sempstress.
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The busy sempstresses plied their needles with double speed; and various were the flounces and furbelows, pinkings and quiltings, they invented.
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This was the case with the sempstresses of London; and the famous 'Song of the Shirt' struck a note to which there was a responding chord in every bosom.
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If there was a king who could not help being a locksmith, I know of a countess who could not help being a sempstress.
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The materials for these dresses can be purchased in Manila, and excellent sempstresses and embroiderers can be hired at moderate wages, and the dresses made in the house.
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