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seamstress

[seem-stris, sem-] / ˈsim strɪs, ˈsɛm- /
NOUN
sewer
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As more women took traditional corporate jobs outside the home, schools eliminated home-economics programs, which were a steppingstone to becoming a professional tailor or seamstress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Originally from a poor and mountainous district of Bamiyan, Rahesh worked for five years in construction in Iran, where his wife Marzia was a seamstress.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Mia has also identified a seamstress who made persistent errors in the original work.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Ms Kaur, who lived in Hercules in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked for two decades as a sari-store seamstress and paid her taxes.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

When Chucha first saw it, she told Mami to take the dress back to the seamstress and have that rip sewn up.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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