sempstress
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How to use sempstress in a sentence
I wished to earn my living as a sempstress, a trade in which my mother instructed me during my stay with her.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueI took up again my sempstress's apprenticeship, and soon ceased to be a care to my mother.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueMy sister Victoria shares my dwelling and lives on the proceeds of her sempstress's trade.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueThe robust kitchen maid, the trim modiste, and the humble sempstress, all swelled the phalanx of warriors.
The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 | Eugne SueWe see him raise his sempstress Dorcas, at the house of the tanner Simon at Joppa.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for sempstress
/ (ˈsɛmpstrɪs) /
a rare word for seamstress
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