shirtmaker

[ shurt-mey-ker ]

/ ˈʃɜrtˌmeɪ kər /

a person who makes shirts.

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First recorded in 1855–60; shirt + maker

shirt·mak·ing, noun

The immense shirt seen in the illustration below was constructed for a shirtmaker at Sioux City, Iowa.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98.|Various
Then he talked about his stable, his tailor and his shirtmaker.
Sentimental Education, Volume II|Gustave Flaubert
How could they work together, seeing that she is a shirtmaker and he a cloakmaker.
Yekl|Abraham Cahan
"It's the tailor, the bootmaker and the shirtmaker," said Dearborn.
Fairfax and His Pride|Marie Van Vorst

There was always something or other to order at his tailor's or his shirtmaker's.
War-time Silhouettes|Stephen Hudson