seamstress
Example Sentences
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Mia has also identified a seamstress who made persistent errors in the original work.
From BBC
However, the seamstress Madame LePoint had been letting out all of Lady Constance’s dresses for months, and the lady was none the wiser.
From Literature
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
Her relatives said she separated from her husband around her son's birth and supports her family as a seamstress while living with her maternal relatives.
From BBC
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.
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