dressmaker

Example Sentences

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Santoyo, the dressmaker, said the latest crisis "does bring the community together, helping each other through these tough times."

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Bailey Dowery is a dressmaker who harbors a secret in 1950s Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

Hisako Hibi would always find time to paint, often early in the mornings before she had to start work as a dressmaker, her daughter said.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Biagiotti Cigna’s grandmother, Delia, started the fashion house in the 1960s as a dressmaker.

From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2023

A dressmaker had made it, in the East, in the place where Ma came from when she married Pa and moved out west to the Big Woods in Wisconsin.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder