sempstress
Americannoun
noun
Gender
See -ess.
Example Sentences
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Miss Pinky Davis, our country sempstress, was sent for, and again Cousin Sue spent hours planning how best to cut up and trim the bolts of nainsook she had ordered from Richmond.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
Well, and I, also, met by chance with such another, a young, hard-working sempstress.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
The sempstress Leegart was a delicate, pale, rather superior-looking person, somewhat advanced in life, but still preserving traces of extreme beauty: moreover, her manner was always gentle and polite.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold
You never can tell with girls how soon such things may be wanted, and then I should have no occasion to apply either to the weaver, or the sempstress.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold
The wife is a sempstress, has suffered a year or two with her eyes.
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
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