as in needlewoman
a woman who sews clothes, curtains, etc., as a job
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Recent Examples of seamstress
Her mother was a talented seamstress whose work kept her poor family afloat during Knowles’ childhood.
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Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The 1904 murder trial of young seamstress Frieda Keller may have taken place in St. Gallen, Switzerland and may, despite its major impact, not be widely known.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
His father was a coal miner, his mother a seamstress, whose first husband, James Monroe Cross, had been an amateur painter of local scenes.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some of the world’s most skilled seamstresses were employed there and were, presumably, paid well.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The 1904 murder trial of young seamstress Frieda Keller may have taken place in St. Gallen, Switzerland and may, despite its major impact, not be widely known.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
His father was a coal miner, his mother a seamstress, whose first husband, James Monroe Cross, had been an amateur painter of local scenes.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Some of the world’s most skilled seamstresses were employed there and were, presumably, paid well.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seamstress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamstress
Noun
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One hundred and fifty years later, young Isobel, a gifted needlewoman, dreams of her own escape from the limited options open to women; her greatest desire is to own a dressmaking shop.—
Heller McAlpin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Oct. 2022
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Set in the 1930s, Chevalier’s new novel follows a woman whose fiancé died in World War I and who finds a sense of community among the guild of needlewomen embroidering kneelers for the pews at one of Britain’s great cathedrals.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2019
Noun
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The future trash depot, which currently consists of two administrative buildings and a gravel lot, relies on a septic system and will need to be connected to the city’s sanitary sewer system, said Tia Anderson, a city planner and project manager.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2025
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Only four of those corresponded with overflows from the city’s sewer system during heavy rains in mid-July, when fecal matter was released into local waterways, posing a health risk to kayakers, rowers and anglers.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Seamstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamstress. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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