seamstress
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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
The only person to show up on the departure date, however, is Ada, 22, a seamstress and house cleaner who is terrified of polar bears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
She was born in Maiquetía, Venezuela, where her mother was a seamstress and her father a representative for Singer sewing machines.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
In the days before Claudette’s trial, E. D. Nixon also called Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken, forty-two-year-old professional seamstress who had for many years been secretary of the Montgomery NAACP.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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