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seamstress

[seem-stris, sem-] / ˈsim strɪs, ˈsɛm- /
NOUN
sewer
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She traces her relationship with making clothes back to being the eldest child of a seamstress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Husbands hired Lange and trained her as a seamstress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Welsh described Hogg as a "punk-rock Paisley seamstress".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The son of a seamstress and a mechanic, Wirun was a straight-A student who studied at one of Thailand's top medical schools.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

“And now I shall go back and show my fellow elves that the child of a clerk and a seamstress is as good and brave as the most famous knight in the kingdom.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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