as in needlewoman
a woman who sews clothes, curtains, etc., as a job
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Recent Examples of seamstress
An action group called the Women’s Political Council strategically portrayed her as a kindly seamstress and demure heroine — someone milquetoast enough for white Americans to get behind — and launched the call to boycott the bus system the instant she was arrested.
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
The viral video, posted on January 25 by the amateur seamstress under @bree.anne555, has amassed more than 6 million views and 773,000 likes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Designed by the seamstresses – with input from the students, McGriff, and others – the dress now has adjustable elements that create a tailored fit for every body type and enable it to grow up to a foot in length.
—CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
But also to the hotel workers, florists, restaurants, construction crews, cab drivers, stylists, seamstresses, rental companies, cleaners — the number of people required to mount, oversee and break down these enormous events is incalculable.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 6 Mar. 2025
The viral video, posted on January 25 by the amateur seamstress under @bree.anne555, has amassed more than 6 million views and 773,000 likes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Designed by the seamstresses – with input from the students, McGriff, and others – the dress now has adjustable elements that create a tailored fit for every body type and enable it to grow up to a foot in length.
—CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
But also to the hotel workers, florists, restaurants, construction crews, cab drivers, stylists, seamstresses, rental companies, cleaners — the number of people required to mount, oversee and break down these enormous events is incalculable.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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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
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If an office building is torn down, why would a city charge new water/sewer hookup fees when the office building demolition will remove hundreds of toilets, sinks and dishwashers that are already hooked up?—
David Marino,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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That meant every toilet flush or shower from another home would push the ring closer to the main sewer, where it likely would be lost forever.—
Rachel Roberts,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Seamstress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamstress. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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