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needleworker

NOUN
seamstress
Synonyms
STRONG
tailor tailoress
WEAK


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When she’s not volunteering, Merrill is an avid needleworker and enjoys difficult crossword and jigsaw puzzles.

From Washington Times Dec. 1, 2016

The royal needleworker will turn the money over to the national exchequer as her contribution to Britain's dollar drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

The needleworker has less than ever occasion to be afraid of geometric pattern; for it is peculiarly difficult to get in it that appearance of rule-and-compass-work which makes ornament so dull.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle

Hours are frightfully long, the disabilities of the French needleworker being in many points the same as those of her English sister.

From Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Helen Campbell

The tunics worn over armour offered great opportunities to the needleworker.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison




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