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needleworker

NOUN
seamstress
Synonyms
STRONG
tailor tailoress
WEAK


Example Sentences

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When she’s not volunteering, Merrill is an avid needleworker and enjoys difficult crossword and jigsaw puzzles.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2016

The royal needleworker will turn the money over to the national exchequer as her contribution to Britain's dollar drive.

From Time Magazine Archive

But above all requirements the quilt maker must be an expert needleworker, capable of making the multitude of tiny stitches with neatness and precision if she would produce the perfect quilt.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)

In appliqué the craft to the needleworker is not carried to its limit, but, on the other hand, it calls for great skill in design.

From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)

The pin poppet, as its name denotes, was, however, intended originally for the requirements of the early needleworker who at the dames' school won renown in those great achievements—the samplers of old.

From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)




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