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seamstress

[seem-stris, sem-] / ˈsim strɪs, ˈsɛm- /
NOUN
sewer
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Grant, who has been a seamstress for 15 years, said she was sworn to secrecy after the first phone call which was difficult as she was "not good at keeping secrets".

From BBC May 20, 2026

She traces her relationship with making clothes back to being the eldest child of a seamstress.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Originally from a poor and mountainous district of Bamiyan, Rahesh worked for five years in construction in Iran, where his wife Marzia was a seamstress.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

"We have invented Mildred, the rebel seamstress from the 11th Century," she says.

From BBC Dec. 27, 2025

She was a seamstress on Second Avenue and made Klondike coats at piece rate.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Time and again, the 11th-Century seamstresses who created it - who are believed to have been in England, probably Canterbury - were so skilled that the story they are telling looks like it's in 3D.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent his teenage years in the U.S., growing up in a community of seamstresses and store owners who always found reasons to do more rather than less.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

The Kerns also want to train more seamstresses to build up La Perla’s production over the long term.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Two weeks before the show, young seamstresses were crocheting floral motifs in mohair and Japanese metallic thread at a south London studio overlooking the Thames river and Big Ben.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

Even on the day before her wedding, the seamstresses took in her bodice, begging her to eat and fill out her gown.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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