seamstress
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Husbands hired Lange and trained her as a seamstress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
"We have invented Mildred, the rebel seamstress from the 11th Century," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Tired of wearing the clothes that his seamstress mother made for him, Strachan raised money for shopping by working on a fishing boat, spending weeks at a time at sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
When Chucha first saw it, she told Mami to take the dress back to the seamstress and have that rip sewn up.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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